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Margo19642016-01-27 15:22:13
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Margo1964, 2016-01-27 15:22:13

SSD: takes a long time to delete many small files (node_modules). How to speed up?

The node_modules folder with all the bulk content of small clouds of files is deleted for a long time. How to speed up? SSD - seems to work fast.
Measures that already prints and do not help:
- Do not index Windows
- Disabled defragmentation
- Disabled hibernation
- Disabled swap file .
The average deletion speed is 40 files per second (!) . On large projects with Gulp, it will take a very long time, up to 20 minutes.
Windows 10.NTFS.

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Artem @Jump, 2016-01-27
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The question is meaningless without specifying the file system and OS.
It would also be nice to indicate the average file size, the number of files in the directory from which they are deleted, the size of the disk, and the percentage of its full.
Well, it’s interesting to know how to remove it - through the system interface, a third-party utility, or how is it done at all?
Most likely it's not the SSD, but the FS.
Well, or this may well create problems "- the swap file is disabled."

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Nikolay45, 2016-01-27
@Nikolay45

This is an old problem, on the railway it would be even worse. Before deleting, make an archive file from the folder and delete it.

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zooks, 2016-01-27
@zooks

The only thing I can advise is to delete bypassing the trash (Shift + Del).

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Vasily, 2016-01-27
@Foolleren

put PrimoCache and turn on delayed writing, yes, it's a waste, but what a smart one.
if important data, then the problem of the lack of an UPS with such a crutch is exacerbated by an order of magnitude.

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Dima Sokolov, 2016-09-27
@dimka11

Similar problem. I think it's in the explorer, or system components. I think it's worth trying a third-party file manager (far, total commander, etc.) or cmd as a last resort to boot from another system.

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