VS2013 C++ : slow linking process

Question

Have you ever experienced a slow linking process in a C++ project compile (I'm using VS2013)? I get linking process taking 15 minutes after a 5 minutes Build. A Rebuild or Visual Studio restart does not fix the issue. Task manager shows mspdbsrv.exe taking a full core (25% on a 4-core), and pdb file creation is very slow, Kb after Kb it reaches 50 Mb. Additional info:

• the same project on another computer build and link in acceptable time.
• antivirus is disabled
• I've tried changing the pdb file creation location: no success
• I've set the linker output Verbose, but it stops at one debug row and then wait all the time there.
• VS2013 is updated to SP4
• Hard disk activity led on my laptop is mostly turned off, so there's no full activity on the disk.
• I'm running Windows 7 Pro.
• VS2013 is run with administrator rights

Thank you.

Answer 1

Fixed changing "Debug Information Format" from /ZI (Edit and Continue feature) to /Zi. I still have no clue why this cause a slow linking only on a specific computer and not for the others. Hope this could help people coming here for the same issue.