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Old 12-19-2006, 07:20 AM
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OK, so I moved a whole bunch of files to a different drive (no program files, just mp3s and vids and such). It totalled lik 19 gigs and I thought by freeing of the space on my C drive (which only had about 1.50 gigs left) this would save th day. I also installed a 300 gig external Maxtor backup drive that keeps track of changes, etc. My problem now is, my computer is running at a snails pace and constantly freezes for 10 minutes at a time often. I ran virus checks, adaware, and Norton's defragger (speeddisk I think). I also check the hdd and am told it has no errors...

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Old 12-19-2006, 12:00 PM
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may be external back up drive creating problem... remove it and see if its helps...
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Old 12-19-2006, 06:37 PM
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How is the external drive connected to you computer? It's very likely that the "keeping track of changes" is causing your computer to constantly access the external drive.

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Old 12-19-2006, 09:40 PM
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I thought of this and so unplugged the USB a week ago, but it didn't help. I will check the settings on it again when I get home though. What is the point of a drive that updates if it ruins the ability for you to use your computer? I will try uninstalling the software.

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Old 12-20-2006, 02:59 AM
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Check and see if you have any new processes or applications running in the background, and how much memory the processes are using.

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