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# How long would it take to copy 19 mb on WinXP?
- URL: https://blog.aunlead.com/how-long-would-it-take-to-copy-19mb-on-winxp/
- Published: 2010-03-20T16:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-20T11:41:15.000Z
- Description: 5 hours to copy files due to small file size.
- Author: Rajat Nair
- Tags: Windows, #Import 2026-09-22 19:54

![5hourstocopy](https://blog.aunlead.com/content/images/2020/03/5hourstocopy.jpg)

How about more than **5 HOURS**!!!!

Was copying 43,000 files, whose average size was around 30kb. I never thought 5 hours later I would be just half way through!!