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Join Date: Aug 2002
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For some reason when I empty the trash on my desktop, it takes forever. It counts down each item it empties, generlly taking 2-3 seconds for each item. This is particularly frustrating when there are 150+ items in there.
Maybe it just takes this long, but I seem to remember it going a hell of a lot faster. Any ideas on what , if anything, can be done to speed it up?
Thanks!
OS 9.2
1.2GB RAM
Quicksilver 733 MHZ
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I have unexpectedly quit.
Dual G5 2Ghz :: 4 GB :: OSX 10.4.x
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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run disk utility, and fix permissions, also fsck the disk in single user mode.
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Originally posted by oscar:
run disk utility, and fix permissions, also fsck the disk in single user mode.
He's running 9.2 though.
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I have the same problem on a beige G3, a processor upgrade didnt change anything. I hope anyone knows what to do, I tryed the common things without any effect.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Have you run any disk optimization tools? If your systems are old, heavy fragmentation of the drive is very likely.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally posted by Big Mac:
Have you run any disk optimization tools? If your systems are old, heavy fragmentation of the drive is very likely.
I used Techtool and Norton, no effect !
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Great White North
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do you remmeber what you installed before this happened?
Do this reboot and hold the shift key to have ALL extensions turned off, if deleting goes about normal they you have a software problem, if not you might have a system problem or possible hard drive problem/directory problem,. get back to me after you do this.
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