Windows Server 2008 R2. Old ish server (4 cores, 2GB RAM) fairly average disks running no raid.
I've used windows F, then searched for .svn files
Selected all, and deleting them. 631 files and 220MB. It is going to take about 45mins to delete!!
Problem: How to delete files quickly?
No antivirus or windows serach service running. Out of the box install of 2008R2. No other users on the system. Using terminal services to admin onto the box as a development machine.
Cheers
Dave
Best Answer
Do you delete or shift-delete? If you delete to recycle bin it takes longer. Try shift-deleting. Plus: check whether recycle bin is full, if so it takes even longer deleting old files from bin while deleting the .svn folders.