Comment Re:slow? (Score 1) 513
If you were in DOS mode and didn't have smartdrv (disk cache) loaded then removing files would take ages. Windows on the other hand uses its own caching system, so if you were still in Windows and it was slow, I have no idea what could've been the cause.
I remember once doing pretty much the same thing - deltree c:\windows. I waited at least 15 minutes for the operation to finish, at which point loading smartdrv occured to me. Luckily the removal hadn't reached the utility yet, so I was able to load it. Then after starting deltree again it took less than a minute to finish (and yes, I checked that it was nowhere near being done at the point I loaded smartdrv).
I remember once doing pretty much the same thing - deltree c:\windows. I waited at least 15 minutes for the operation to finish, at which point loading smartdrv occured to me. Luckily the removal hadn't reached the utility yet, so I was able to load it. Then after starting deltree again it took less than a minute to finish (and yes, I checked that it was nowhere near being done at the point I loaded smartdrv).
