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Strange Hard Drive Problem
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:54:22 +0000 (UTC), freddy
wrote: (no definitive answers yet) Win98SE, Dell PIII Phoenix Bios. Two drives on secondary IDE channel cable select, primary 20GB WD, secondary 8GB WD. Both tested ok using WD DLG. No smart errors. Both defragged. Transferring directories, irrespective of size or content, SOME directories transfer quickly (normally)while others take forever, like 8-10 seconds. Explorer appears to freeze due to slowness, (as with floppy transfers). Wait,wait,wait, then copies completed. Sometimes creating new directories the new name does not auto refresh and I must refresh explorer manually to get new name. Not sure yet-this might occur just between drives, but I think occurs even on the same drive (will do further testing). Run memory diagnostics-no errors. Have not yet benchmarked drives. What is causing this anomaly? Deleted some startup apps which speeded things up significantly, but main problem still persists and why does it only occur on ome dir transfers and not on others, almost as if it is dependent on here directory is on the drive? Check the data and power cables and connectors. Try unplugging and replugging them, and a different data cable if you have one availabe. You might also try the HDD manufacturer's diagnostics, including the full surface scan. |
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