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[crstagg]

John,
RE: Time to load Trainset. Questions:
CPU-
RAM-
HD Type rotating plates or SSD?
HD size-
HD Freespace-

[bigjohn]

Charles;
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50 GHz,32.0GB DDR3, C drive SSD, E drive (MSTS)Hard type,3TB,2.67 free, F drive (OR) Hard type,10TB,5.04 free.
John

[crstagg]

Which drive is TSRE installed in?
And which drive was the Trainset that took 15 hours to load into TSRE CE?

[bigjohn]

TSRE is in the C: Users\rough\OneDrive\Desktop, Trainset is in the F drive.

[crstagg]

FYI TSRE-CE On an SSD with 50% free loaded a Trainset of 94,000 files from an install on a mechanical drive in less than one minute
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
RAM 16GB
Don't know what/where TSRE uses for scratch area, but the mechanical drive also has 50% free

[bigjohn]

Charles, I'll redo this ASAP
John

[crstagg]

TSRE is in the C: Users\rough\OneDrive\Desktop, Trainset is in the F drive.

John,
There is no reason to keep TSRE in a subfolder of OneDrive. I don't know what TSRE does in creating temporary files, but that may be causing your delay as OneDrive could be eating up your CPU resources and delaying disk access as it reads the new temp files and uploading to the "cloud".

Install TSRE outside of OneDrive and any of the Windows folders such as Program Files and Users folders. Mine is in C:\Trains\TSRE.

[yellowdog]

Conversely, configure Onedrive so that it is not backing up your TSRE folder.

[bigjohn]

Yellowdog; I don't even know where OneDrive is let alone work one the stupid thing.haha
John

[dougbrow]

OneDrive is cloud storage on a Microsoft server somewhere, mostly used for backups and file sharing. It's slow because everything has to be sent over the internet. Why do you have TSRE there? Mine is on the C drive root folder, along with my Trainsim folder and OR.

[derekmorton]

Windows 11 does that automatically, a level of skill is needed to untangle it.

Microsoft will charge you if the storage goes over a certain level.

[pwillard]

I haven't had OneDrive running for years now... nothing but a nuisance.

[crstagg]

Yellowdog; I don't even know where OneDrive is let alone work one the stupid thing.haha
John

John,
I asked you where you installed TSRE and you said "TSRE is in the C: Users\rough\OneDrive\Desktop,"
So you do know that OneDrive's folders are at C: Users\rough\OneDrive. And FYI you can adjust your OneDrive settings by clicking on the OneDrive Cloud icon on your Tray then clicking on the cog wheel icon and choose "Settings".FYI OneDrive saves to the cloud everything within that folder plus your MyDocuments, your MyPictures etc unless you turn one or all of those off in your OneDrive settings.

I trusted that you told me correctly. But now I realize that you told me wrong. You did not tell me where the TSRE folder is, you told me where the TSRE shortcut is to the TSRE ConsistEditor.BAT file.

So, I ask again where did you install TSRE? FYI find the shortcut on your desktop, right click and choose "Properties" and when the dialog opens copy the "Target" line. Then post that info here.
Also, how much free space is on your C drive?

[eric]

Anything in a folder with Onedrive as a parent is asking for trouble.

[crstagg]

Anything in a folder with Onedrive as a parent is asking for trouble.

Eric,
Because of my experience I must disagree with you. I originally began using OneDrive when I subscribed to the Family version Office 365 over 11 years ago. That product is now named Microsoft 365. It includes the entire Microsoft Office Suite of programs plus Outlook, Teams, OneDrive and 1TB of "Cloud" storage which can be installed on three different devices. The Family version.allows up to five users. Each user has the same capabilities on 3 devices and has 1TB of "Cloud" storage.

I with that original purchase I installed it on a Desktop and a laptop. My "Family" includes my wife, son, daughter and son-in-law. I setup OneDrive to save all my "My XXXXXX" folders plus the data folders from programs like Quicken, TurboTax, Family Origins, Delorme Topo, etc. This allowed ne to access all of my "Data" files no matter which device I was using. Soon after that initial purchase I replaced my desktop. Adding the new device to the account and installing Office 365 and OneDrive I was amazed at how quickly I had my new desktop configured in the same manner as my old desktop. Since than I have another new desktop and replaced the laptop with a Surface Tablet all with the same easy results.

One feature of OneDrive I have found useful is I can designate folders or files to be "Always keep on this device" or allow OneDrive to maintain a place marker on the device with the storage location on the "cloud". This allows me access to the file(s) without using a lot of disk space. That is very useful with my Surface tablet which has a smaller SSD. The tablet has access to my Quicken files and my budget spreadsheets without having to actually store these large files until I need to access them from the tablet.

You may give OneDrive 1 Star based on your experience, but I give it 5 Stars. It is worth the $100/year subscription.