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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: Is it me, or is 7.0 7.slow?
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Date: 18 Apr 91 16:01:15 GMT
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In article <17259@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
>I can copy a small file to my 80 MB hard disk in under 5 seconds, but
>then I wait an additional 30 to 40 seconds while the Finder updates
>the DeskTop.  Seems to me that if I can avoid this really annoying
>wait, that will make up for a little less pep in other areas.

If you can't wait for System 7.0, you might get a copy of Desktop Manager and
install that and rebuild your desktop.  Another option is to reformat your disk
(after backing up, of course) and set it up with partitions.  It sounds to me
like you have a lot of files on your HD.