# Rails extremly slow on WinXP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-extremly-slow-on-winxp/103031>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 1, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-extremly-slow-on-winxp/103031 "2007-05-01T00:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-extremly-slow-on-winxp/103031/1 "2007-05-01T00:11:01Z")

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Hi everyone

I just installed ruby using the latest one-click-installer and rails  
with the latest gem.  
When I run any generator it takes about 1 minute for it to complete.  
There is no output for a minute or so and then everything gets done  
within just 2-3 seconds.  
Has anyone seens something similar?

thanks  
Marc

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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-extremly-slow-on-winxp/103031/2 "2007-05-01T14:13:54Z")

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An earlier post on this topic mentioned that it can be really slow if  
you  
have files on a network drive and you’re using a wireless card.

While Rails on Windows is slow, it’s not _that_ slow. I’d expect a g  
enerator to take about 10-20 seconds to run. Are you using a local  
database?

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**Author:** ![MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@MarcS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MarcS)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-extremly-slow-on-winxp/103031/3 "2007-05-01T15:44:07Z")

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thanks for your response.

I have a purely local installation. Everything on this one PC. The  
database is also on the same PC.  
It happened after I formated my harddrive and installed everything  
again.  
I didn’t use to have any problem with my old install. The generators  
worked pretty much instantly back then.  
I can’t recall what versions ruby and rails I’ve used on the old  
install though.