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Originally Posted by Aragorn
Are you copying to the server or from the desktop, eg logged on to the server via RDP? Years ago, I seem to remember it being faster to 'copy to' than 'push from'.
Also what happens if you use ftp or scp to copy rather than explorer (even xcopy!)? Explorer is general very inefficient.
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I'm rdping to the server from there - I will try your suggestions later on.
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Possibly a dodgy / overworked switch between you and the server?
I know that at work, most of our network is gigabit, but some of the switches give a lot slower speed, even though they are all 3com (although we have two or three models) and all gigabit capable.
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probably not - this is at home, and I have one switch and one router. copying from xp to xp goes via the same route.