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<blockquote data-quote="johnserr" data-source="post: 1589750" data-attributes="member: 328391"><p><strong>Solution for checking if your computer is deleting an account</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello:</p><p>Yes, it takes an incredibly long amount of time to delete a user account, specially if you used the secure delete option.</p><p></p><p>Many people seem to be frustrated by the fact that you have nothing to tell you if the computer is working or simply stuck while deleting the account.</p><p></p><p>I have found a way to tell if the computer is working.</p><p></p><p>While the account is being deleted, go to finder, Go, computer and click on your hard drive. </p><p></p><p>Use the command-I option to see the hard drive info.</p><p></p><p>While the computer is working the hard drive will be slowly releasing space. This means that it is actually doing something. The available space will very slowly grow and the used space (which is easier to see as it uses more detailed information) will go down. It will also give you a way to estimate how long the whole process will take, as long as you more or less can calculate how much space a user was occupying. </p><p></p><p>I had a main user which I'm deleting, which means that it will probably be around 60 Gigs. So far it's taken about 10 hours to delete 6 GB so do the math…</p><p></p><p>Hope this is helpful and you can contact me with any questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnserr, post: 1589750, member: 328391"] [b]Solution for checking if your computer is deleting an account[/b] Hello: Yes, it takes an incredibly long amount of time to delete a user account, specially if you used the secure delete option. Many people seem to be frustrated by the fact that you have nothing to tell you if the computer is working or simply stuck while deleting the account. I have found a way to tell if the computer is working. While the account is being deleted, go to finder, Go, computer and click on your hard drive. Use the command-I option to see the hard drive info. While the computer is working the hard drive will be slowly releasing space. This means that it is actually doing something. The available space will very slowly grow and the used space (which is easier to see as it uses more detailed information) will go down. It will also give you a way to estimate how long the whole process will take, as long as you more or less can calculate how much space a user was occupying. I had a main user which I'm deleting, which means that it will probably be around 60 Gigs. So far it's taken about 10 hours to delete 6 GB so do the math… Hope this is helpful and you can contact me with any questions. [/QUOTE]
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