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MahlerIsGod · 07-01-2004, 05:17 PM

Hey Everyone,
I have noticed something weird as of late. When I click on a folder, on either drive, it is taking a little longer to open them. I guess you could describe it as lag. Why is this happening and what can I do to fix the problem? Thanks for any help.

Sys specs:
P4 2.6 HT
1.25G of 3200 DDR RAM
ATI 9800 Pro
M-Audio Rev 7.1
Win XP Sp1

Scorpion23 · 07-01-2004, 05:40 PM

When's the last time you defragged your hard drive? Heavy fragmentation of the files could easily cause what you're describing.

heyal256 · 07-01-2004, 06:34 PM

Cleaning out your temp folders can help as well as defragging (or do both if you have the time)

phukraut · 07-03-2004, 01:06 AM

are you running a new scanner that checks directories when you open them, like a new virus scanner?

07-01-2004, 05:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	Delay In Folder Openings Hey Everyone, I have noticed something weird as of late. When I click on a folder, on either drive, it is taking a little longer to open them. I guess you could describe it as lag. Why is this happening and what can I do to fix the problem? Thanks for any help. Sys specs: P4 2.6 HT 1.25G of 3200 DDR RAM ATI 9800 Pro M-Audio Rev 7.1 Win XP Sp1 __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

07-01-2004, 05:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scorpion23 Psycho	When's the last time you defragged your hard drive? Heavy fragmentation of the files could easily cause what you're describing. __________________ "Empirically observed covariation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality" - Edward Tufte

07-01-2004, 06:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
heyal256 Not so great lurker Location: NY	Cleaning out your temp folders can help as well as defragging (or do both if you have the time)

07-03-2004, 01:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
phukraut Addict	are you running a new scanner that checks directories when you open them, like a new virus scanner?