Vista Extraction poo!

47 Minutes? Got to be something wrong hardware wise :confused:


What are you system specs? SP1 may fix the issue, Try RC you can always uninstall it if need be quite easily.
 
Nothing wrong with Vista mate.

I compressed a full DVD down to 4.7gig, winrar'd it up and extracted it in about 8 minutes.

Check your hardware.
 
Thats the thing. I can rip a DVD to my harddirve in about 5 minutes flat and we're talking 6GB for that.

I'm extracting about 8 folders from one large folder roughly 3Mb each (give or take).

My hardware is just not the issue.

OMG! Have I said I dont like Vista? NO, so how about you find somewhere else to post! I'm just asking, why Vista is taking 47 minutes to extract a 20Mb folder.
 
What app are you using to unzip the thing, and what are the contents of that zip - not sure if that is of any use but what the hell. 47mins is well off (well obviously), so it sounds like maybe the unzipping process may be running at a low priority or something?
 
Yup try another app. I've used WinRAR for years, which handles every common format around and its never given me a single issue decompression wise. I've never tried the built in zip/unzip features in XP/Vista - they just look poorly implemented.
 
Winzip is an actual program. But yes, using Vista's own file compression thing takes absolutely ages. It is something that's wrong with Vista; I've seen it on numerous systems.
 
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