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Thread ID: 65153	2006-01-09 09:43:00	Windows slow at finding my E:	GlennNZ (9454)	Press F1

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419405	2006-01-09 09:43:00	If I open Windows explorer and select the E: drive it takes about 30 seconds for it to finally show all the folders and files. This is happening on a 4 day old system with all the bells and whistles that includes a Seagate SATA II 160GB drive I have a C:, D: and E: that are 10GB, 20GB, 20GB NTFS partitions respectively. This is a repeatable problem. What can I do? Thanks, Glenn	GlennNZ (9454)
419406	2006-01-09 18:54:00	Run chkdsk on it.	pctek (84)
419407	2006-01-09 20:47:00	Do the chkdsk first. Start... Run... "Cmd" or "Command" (depending on version of Windows) Chkdsk E: /f exit The drive might be heavily fragmented. Right-click "My computer" Manage Disk fragmenter. Worst case scenario: the hard drive is having hardware problems.	kingdragonfly (309)
419408	2006-01-10 07:30:00	I tried what you said but I didn't understand what I was seeing so I defragmented the E: anyway. Here are the chkdsk results before and after E:\>chkdsk e: /f ... CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Index verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security descriptor verification completed. 20482843 KB total disk space. 12158576 KB in 38175 files. 15076 KB in 2923 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 107703 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 8201488 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 5120710 total allocation units on disk. 2050372 allocation units available on disk. E:\>chkdsk e: /f ... CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Index verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security descriptor verification completed. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 20482843 KB total disk space. 12158576 KB in 38175 files. 15076 KB in 2923 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 107703 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 8201488 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 5120710 total allocation units on disk. 2050372 allocation units available on disk. But it still takes 30 seconds for Explorer to open my files. However, it has no problems with C: or E: However, I've just checked explorer again (after typing everything above) and have made another observation. If I open the E: by selecting it from the file tree on the left hand side panel. i.e expand the "My Computer" branch and then select E:, it takes 30 seconds to load. But, if I select "My Computer" from the file tree and then select E: from the right hand side panel details view (not using the file tree) then it opens instantaneously. It also works fine when I create a desktop shortcut. Phew. Go figure. Perhaps I should do an XP update and try my luck. An explanation would be nice but I don't expect to get one. Good that it appears to not be a hardware issue. Looks like I'm just going to have to change my file browsing habits. Thanks for your help	GlennNZ (9454)
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