hard drive SLOW?

[antok86]

i have 2 hard drive both are seagates a 160gb and a 40gb. I have windows installed on the 160gb partitioned into 2. C drive and a drive for my movies. THen for my 40gb is also partitioned into 2 drives. one for music and one for random stuff. my problem is when i open my drive for movies it really is slow opening and loading the movies. Even when i am just in the folder looking for a movie it is really slow. sometimes is freezes for a bit then loads. i duNo if its because i dont have RAID setup or Sata drives. they are just standard IDe drives.

 

[unhappy_mage]

Do you have the "Thumbnails" view turned on? Try "Details" and see if that improves speed.

 

[antok86]

ya its off....that slows it down even more if it is on...but its slow without thumbmail

 

[*Spawn*]

Hey antok86

Just curious here:

How many movies do you have on this specific volume?
"total space used"

Are the HDDs both connecting at the same speed (ATA 100/133)?
A difference here will dramatically hinder disk performance...

I'm not sure if I'm on the right track here, but I'm trying...

Hope It Helps!!!

 

[antok86]

Hey antok86

Just curious here:

How many movies do you have on this specific volume?
"total space used"

Are the HDDs both connecting at the same speed (ATA 100/133)?
A difference here will dramatically hinder disk performance...

I'm not sure if I'm on the right track here, but I'm trying...

Hope It Helps!!!

total space used is about 25gB...and ya they are both same speed. its just wierd......

 

[mwarps]

total space used is about 25gB...and ya they are both same speed. its just wierd......

How many files? is UDMA turned on in the BIOS, and in the driver options?

 

[iJeff]

Try running chkdsk and fix any errors that pop up.

 

[antok86]

How many files? is UDMA turned on in the BIOS, and in the driver options?

wheres the driver options....and should UDMA be turned on??

 

[antok86]

bump

 

[richardatkinson]

If the second drive is using FAT32, you will probably benefit greatly from a Defrag.

 

[antok86]

If the second drive is using FAT32, you will probably benefit greatly from a Defrag.

all are NTFS

 

[antok86]

could maybe the paging be the cause......of my problem..i duno what should be the right values

drives C, K, E, are 1 physical drive and D, F are another drive= total of 2 drives