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From: OREALLY on 7 Jan 2010 20:15 Apparently the problem is specific to the Backup 'D' drive. It takes forever to search and seems to be repeating search of the files and folders. This does not happen in the main 'C' drive search. It's been scanning for almost 2 hours looking for wav files. There is about 200GB worth of info on the 500GB drive. Still searching.....if I stop the search...computer freezes up. Ransack finds about 600 wav files on this drive in a few minutes.....so what's with XP? "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9CF99CCDDE0E9nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... > On 07 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: > >> Whenever I STOP a search while it is searching the computer >> freezes up and I have to go to task manager to end the search. Any >> reason or repair for this? > > Maybe there is some file system corruption that Search is choking on. > It might be a good idea to run CHKDSK... but better back up your data > and system first, in case it decides to repair your disk into an > unbootable condition.
From: Leonard Grey on 7 Jan 2010 20:59 Any help from a web search? Use... windows xp search is slow ....as your search term. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est OREALLY wrote: > Apparently the problem is specific to the Backup 'D' drive. It takes > forever to search and seems to be repeating search of the files and > folders. This does not happen in the main 'C' drive search. It's been > scanning for almost 2 hours looking for wav files. There is about 200GB > worth of info on the 500GB drive. > > Still searching.....if I stop the search...computer freezes up. > > Ransack finds about 600 wav files on this drive in a few minutes.....so > what's with XP? > > > > "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message > news:Xns9CF99CCDDE0E9nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... >> On 07 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in >> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: >> >>> Whenever I STOP a search while it is searching the computer >>> freezes up and I have to go to task manager to end the search. Any >>> reason or repair for this? >> >> Maybe there is some file system corruption that Search is choking on. >> It might be a good idea to run CHKDSK... but better back up your data >> and system first, in case it decides to repair your disk into an >> unbootable condition. >
From: Tim Meddick on 7 Jan 2010 21:55 As "Nil" pointed out - have you tried to follow his advice and run CHKDSK /F from the Command Prompt, on your "D:" drive? A PC "freezing" in the middle of a disk I/O operation can be symptomatic of data corruption on the drive. Quite often hard-disk data corruption can be caused by many different things and doesn't have to mean that your drive has nearly died. But the result can be that if Windows cannot read a section of a drive, it will constantly go over and over the same spot trying to read it, causing a "lock-up". The solution, if this is the case, is as simple as running CHKDSK /F D: from a Command Prompt window (if files on the D: drive are in use, you may have to press 'Y ' in answer to the question - Do you want chkdsk to run at next boot? - then, when you next reboot, chkdsk will run then). == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:eGKoSAAkKHA.1536(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Apparently the problem is specific to the Backup 'D' drive. It takes forever to > search and seems to be repeating search of the files and folders. This does not > happen in the main 'C' drive search. It's been scanning for almost 2 hours looking > for wav files. There is about 200GB worth of info on the 500GB drive. > > Still searching.....if I stop the search...computer freezes up. > > Ransack finds about 600 wav files on this drive in a few minutes.....so what's with > XP? > > > > "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message > news:Xns9CF99CCDDE0E9nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... >> On 07 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in >> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: >> >>> Whenever I STOP a search while it is searching the computer >>> freezes up and I have to go to task manager to end the search. Any >>> reason or repair for this? >> >> Maybe there is some file system corruption that Search is choking on. >> It might be a good idea to run CHKDSK... but better back up your data >> and system first, in case it decides to repair your disk into an >> unbootable condition. >
From: OREALLY on 7 Jan 2010 22:55 what??????? "Leonard Grey" <l.grey(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:u1xWuYAkKHA.2164(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Any help from a web search? Use... > > windows xp search is slow > > ...as your search term. > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > OREALLY wrote: >> Apparently the problem is specific to the Backup 'D' drive. It takes >> forever to search and seems to be repeating search of the files and >> folders. This does not happen in the main 'C' drive search. It's been >> scanning for almost 2 hours looking for wav files. There is about 200GB >> worth of info on the 500GB drive. >> >> Still searching.....if I stop the search...computer freezes up. >> >> Ransack finds about 600 wav files on this drive in a few minutes.....so >> what's with XP? >> >> >> >> "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message >> news:Xns9CF99CCDDE0E9nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... >>> On 07 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in >>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: >>> >>>> Whenever I STOP a search while it is searching the computer >>>> freezes up and I have to go to task manager to end the search. Any >>>> reason or repair for this? >>> >>> Maybe there is some file system corruption that Search is choking on. >>> It might be a good idea to run CHKDSK... but better back up your data >>> and system first, in case it decides to repair your disk into an >>> unbootable condition. >>
From: Leonard Grey on 7 Jan 2010 22:57
"But the result can be that if Windows cannot read a section of a drive, it will constantly go over and over the same spot trying to read it, causing a "lock-up"." You're not having a good day. If Windows detects corruption in a disk sector, it marks the sector as unreadable and ignores it. It will not "constantly go over and over the same spot trying to read it, causing a "lock-up". --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Tim Meddick wrote: > As "Nil" pointed out - have you tried to follow his advice and run > CHKDSK /F from the Command Prompt, on your "D:" drive? > > A PC "freezing" in the middle of a disk I/O operation can be symptomatic > of data corruption on the drive. > > Quite often hard-disk data corruption can be caused by many different > things and doesn't have to mean that your drive has nearly died. > > But the result can be that if Windows cannot read a section of a drive, > it will constantly go over and over the same spot trying to read it, > causing a "lock-up". > > The solution, if this is the case, is as simple as running CHKDSK /F > D: from a Command Prompt window (if files on the D: drive are in use, > you may have to press 'Y ' in answer to the question - Do you want > chkdsk to run at next boot? - then, when you next reboot, chkdsk will > run then). > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:eGKoSAAkKHA.1536(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Apparently the problem is specific to the Backup 'D' drive. It takes >> forever to search and seems to be repeating search of the files and >> folders. This does not happen in the main 'C' drive search. It's been >> scanning for almost 2 hours looking for wav files. There is about >> 200GB worth of info on the 500GB drive. >> >> Still searching.....if I stop the search...computer freezes up. >> >> Ransack finds about 600 wav files on this drive in a few >> minutes.....so what's with XP? >> >> >> >> "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message >> news:Xns9CF99CCDDE0E9nilch1(a)130.133.4.11... >>> On 07 Jan 2010, "OREALLY" <oreally(a)comcast.net> wrote in >>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: >>> >>>> Whenever I STOP a search while it is searching the computer >>>> freezes up and I have to go to task manager to end the search. Any >>>> reason or repair for this? >>> >>> Maybe there is some file system corruption that Search is choking on. >>> It might be a good idea to run CHKDSK... but better back up your data >>> and system first, in case it decides to repair your disk into an >>> unbootable condition. >> > |