mr2mk1g 10 #1 June 14, 2006 I love the fact that DZ.com is a great place to go with virtually any query. Any ideas on the below guys: AMD 2800 1 gig ram 3 hard drives 40 gig (system), 160 gig, 200 gig XP Pro SP2 + all other updates Virus and adware free (so three different up-to-date programs say anyway) My 160 gig HD recently filled so I started to move some files out of it onto the 200 gig drive. The PC will freeze during the move. Have tried moving, cutting/pasting, copying all with the same problem. Problem is intermittent in that I have been able to move some files while others it will get about 3 bars into the move/copy and just freeze. By freeze I mean mouse/keyboard etc have no input and the task progress bar + move animation stops. Problem does not resolve itself with time. Initially thought it could simply be related to the drive being full but there's now about 10gigs of space on the 160 HD created by deleting files. Cooling is not a problem – HD's are running at 80deg F Any ideas on a diagnosis/cure? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #2 June 14, 2006 1. Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Manage" from the popup menu 2. Expand "Event Viewer" 3. Look in "System Messages" Anything funky in there? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #3 June 14, 2006 I'm sure there are some that will not agree with me, but Windows XP is not good with disk management. Have you Defragged the hard drives lately???? If the drive becomes too fraggmented, it is hard to move, copy, and even delete large files. Might help anyway. Just my $.02Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twibbles 0 #4 June 14, 2006 How full is your hard drives? I don't know about moving files from one drive to another, but i remember being told that you need 10% free to defrag the hard drive.. Or it could just be your other HDD is starting to pack up? Eugene "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #5 June 14, 2006 Is the 160 gig drive your C drive ? Maybe worth moving a few at a time until you free up more space. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #6 June 14, 2006 Cheers, had forgotten about that. Yup, lots of errors. Event ID 11... think I know what the problem is off the back of that.... suspect its a cabling issue so hopefully easy to sort. Cheers guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
