Why delete files taking so long in Windows 7?

I am running windows 7 64 bit on a high-end computer mind nine 8 GB RAm still deleting files takes forever. for example I'm deleting 258 files in a directory as we speak - total size of all files in 458kb (Yes half a megabyte) and windows tells me that it'll take 8 minutes to do! Surely, it should be almost instant? How can I speed up the deletions of files?

copy of the files also takes an age and makes the system almost unusable.

Philippe

It seems slow.  If you are used to use disks formatted FAT32, the stronger NTFS takes significantly longer because it does synchronously things that FAT32 things are started and left under the assumption that they will still complete successfully; and unfortunately that can sometimes cause problems.

In addition to the suggestion of Ken Blake to find malware, I suggest that you check the installed utilities.  If you have one installed real-time backup programs, some of them can do a real job on the performance.  Try to start safe mode and try some of your slow deletions or copies.  Concerning copies, your antivirus program may cause a big performance hit because they verify each file as it is copied.  Temporarily disable your antivirus can greatly improve speed in many cases.  One thing you might want to try is DEFRAG if you haven't done so recently.  Modern versions of Windows generally do this automatically, but sometimes doing a DEFRAG manual can help.

Good luck.  I hope this helps.

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