Deleting files is slow

System:
- Dell quad core XPS 710, 4GB RAM
- 5x500MB HD
- Vista
- Nvidia 7900 GS and Nvidia 8600 GTS (I have updated the nvidia drivers and the vista hot patches)
- My Lr database, with 62,000 images, is on its own 500MB HD, with Vista file indexing turned off.
- The HD containing the actual images has Vista file indexing turned on.
- McAfee security center is running
Problem:
Deleting files (delete from disk) can be very slow. The first time I delete files it can take several minutes. Subsequent deletions can take from 2-20 seconds.
I have no other Lr performance issues at present (that I am aware of).
Does anyone have any tips to improve file deletion performance?
TIA
Rory

Thanks John
I was already doing a multi-select. After the first delete, which takes several minutes, no matter how many images are selected, subsequent deletes take about 1 second per image, so if I select 200 images it takes about 200 seconds.
As a work around I have been deleting the images in the windows explorer, which is always less than one second, and then synchronizing in Lr, which is fairly quick.
But I am weary of work arounds, and was hoping for a tip on some possible conflict in my system with Lr. Is this a known issue with Lr?
Rory

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file.DeleteObject();
context.ExecuteQuery();
If you still want to use SOAP API, we can use the UpdateListItems method under Lists web service to achieve it.
http://www.dhirendrayadav.com/2010/06/delete-list-items-using-web-service.html
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/61466984-1844-48a1-8c1e-1c59a0f9876a/move-and-delete-files-remotely-using-sharepoint-web-services-?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy
Thanks,
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