Slow file drag: is there a fix?

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, but use Macs since 2008. I recently updated from OSX Snow Leopard to Lion, and dragging files became unbearably slow. I always moved large files and folders with several files without any problems in SL, but in Lion this is really painful. Just to make it clear, I'm doing things the same way I always did; the only thing that changed is the OS. File dragging became slow in all situations, including from folder to folder, and from my Mac to an external HDD (both via firewire and USB). Why did file dragging become so slow? Is there a fix to this bug? Thank you very much.

Resetting the SMC will likely not have much effect here. If your memory is running low then try quitting some applications until the green component of the pie chart in that window gets larger. A good way to do this is just restart and keep your applications closed, and then see if the slow dragging behavior still occurs.
A couple of options that may help besides freeing memory (or getting more RAM to accommodate your increased memory use), is to use Disk Utility to test the disk for errors. Run a disk verification routine when you have selected the boot volume, and then repeat this when you have selected the boot drive (the device above the boot volume name). If you see any errors then reboot to the Lion recovery partition (restart with Command-R pressed), and perform the fix routines.

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