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Yep. Try not defragging for a while. Also, quit running tweaking and
cleanup utilities.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "_Craig" <craigbud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ian McVicar" <icm63@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: Hard drive keeps running, computer freezes : Help ?
If the other suggestions fail, wipe the drive and make sure it's NTFS.
Then I would stop the defragging protocol. In my experience, I don't
notice any improvements it offers on modern systems.
IM> Hi,
IM> My system
IM> Win 2000 sp2
IM> ADSL
IM> Ram 384
IM> Intel 660 MHZ
IM> HD 20 Gig, 6 free
IM> I defrag 3 times a week
IM> I have a light on my PC named "HDD" or my guess Hard drive busy light.
My hard
IM> drive churns over for, it seams ages, like a 2 minutes, and while it
does that
IM> my computer wont do anything, mouse cursor wont move, nothing. So not
good for
IM> trading. I have a an application that removes unwanted files (ie tmp,
bak, etc
IM> and registry entries that have no key ( ie EasyCleaner from
Downloads.com).
IM> So it thought that I have a tidy hard drive, but it continues.
IM> Any ideas
IM> thx in advance
IM> Ian McV
IM> http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au
IM> - Find yourself a bargain!
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