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I'm surprised no one has mentioned disk fragmentation. Just how full IS
your drive, and have you checked its degree of fragmentation?
Carroll Slemaker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icm63@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Hard drive keeps running, computer freezes : Help ?
> Just some guesses...went through similar a while back:
>
> 1) Corrupted files and/or OS
>
> and/or
>
> 2) HD is on it's way out.
>
> New drives are cheap these days:
>
>
> http://www.pricewatch.com/
>
>
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=14&manu
factory=1304&DEPA=1
>
> If your data ain't backed up, and/or you don't have
> a back-up drive, you should get a back-up: particularly
> since your drive might be about to die. It looks like you'll
> need one soon anyway.
>
> BW
>
>
>
> >From: Ian McVicar <icm63@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: OmegaList <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Hard drive keeps running, computer freezes : Help ?
> >Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 07:40:17 +1200 (NZST)
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >My system
> >Win 2000 sp2
> >ADSL
> >Ram 384
> >Intel 660 MHZ
> >HD 20 Gig, 6 free
> >I defrag 3 times a week
> >
> >I have a light on my PC named "HDD" or my guess Hard drive busy light. My
> >hard
> >drive churns over for, it seams ages, like a 2 minutes, and while it does
> >that
> >my computer wont do anything, mouse cursor wont move, nothing. So not
good
> >for
> >trading. I have a an application that removes unwanted files (ie tmp,
bak,
> >etc
> >and registry entries that have no key ( ie EasyCleaner from
Downloads.com).
> >
> >So it thought that I have a tidy hard drive, but it continues.
> >Any ideas
> >
> >thx in advance
> >
> >Ian McV
> >
> >http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au
> >- Find yourself a bargain!
> >
>
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