Just delete the directory first, instead of all the file contained therein; takes seconds rather than minutes.
Wm Voss On 14-Feb-12 4:11 PM, Tony Rolfe wrote: > I've just done a little experiment creating web pages from Legacy. The > results might be of interest. > > First I created the web pages onto D:\genealogy\Web (a regular > mechanical hard disk) and copied them to C:\Legacy\Web (a solid state > disk). Then I recreated exactly the same web pages and timed from > clicking the "There are already web pages here do you want to delete > them?" to the "Web pages successfully created" requester. > > So. To the HDD, when I said "Yes" to the deleting, it took 1 minute and > 20 seconds to actually delete the old files and 2 minutes 15 seconds to > create the new. 3 minutes 35 secs total > > To the SSD, it also took 1 minute 20 to actually delete the files (which > surprised me) but only 2 minutes and 5 seconds to create the pages. 3 > minutes 25 total. Basically, having a SSD doesn't make much difference. > > Most of the delete time is Windows 7 sitting on the "Preparing to > delete" phase. Actual deletion takes a few seconds. > > When I said "No", it took 2 mins exactly to create the files while > deleting the old ones on the fly, regardless of whether I used the SSD > or the HDD. Less than when I said "Yes" to the delete. > > The conclusion is that you should only delete all the old files first if > you are worried that there may be some pages for folk who are no longer > in the DB. Otherwise it is just a waste of time. > > Cheers > > Tony > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
