I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to format
and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my udpates post SP2.

I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and defrag
my C partition in Windows XP.
Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see this in
task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I had Diskeeper
10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I liked the program, so
went ahead and purchased the new version, Diskeeper 2008 Home Version.
Installed it, and tried again.
Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run over
two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten to app 80%
complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the cpu was
unbelievable.
Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other two on
the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a matter of a very
few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.

I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not an
issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty knowledgeable,
might have seen this before and have a clue on what is going on?

Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.




Thanks,


--
Don

Don

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. You can also do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.

The Microsoft Disk Defragmenter and Diskeeper I think work differently
so one works against the other.

Did you run Disk CleanUp before defragmenting. Running either
defragmenter in safe mode might help.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don wrote:
> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to
> format and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my
> udpates post SP2.
> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see
> this in task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I
> had Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I
> liked the program, so went ahead and purchased the new version,
> Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run
> over two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten
> to app 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the
> cpu was unbelievable.
> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other
> two on the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a
> matter of a very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>
> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not
> an issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty
> knowledgeable, might have seen this before and have a clue on what is
> going on?
> Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,

"Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to format
> and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my udpates post SP2.
>
> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling,

What exactly do you mean by "stalling"?


> then starting, I could see this in task manager under performance tab.

Download and run Process Explorer. Take a few minutes to see how it works
and what it's displaying, then start up the defragmenter again with PE laid
out to show what's taking CPU cycles.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

That should give you a firmer grasp on what is really going on.

HTH
-pk


> So, before my reformat I had Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005
> version I believe. I liked the program, so went ahead and purchased the
> new version, Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run over
> two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten to app
> 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the cpu was
> unbelievable.
> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other two on
> the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a matter of a
> very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>
> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not an
> issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty knowledgeable,
> might have seen this before and have a clue on what is going on?
>
> Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
> Don
>

Don - you do not provide info regarding HD capacity. Regarding
"...defragment just fine and in a matter of a very few minutes,..." - would
have to be extremely small - defrag takes time.

Today's sizable HDs do take "hours" to defrag and "...The cpu kept stalling,
then starting,..." would be normal action.


"Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to format
> and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my udpates post SP2.
>
> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see this in
> task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I had Diskeeper
> 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I liked the program,
> so went ahead and purchased the new version, Diskeeper 2008 Home Version.
> Installed it, and tried again.
> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run over
> two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten to app
> 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the cpu was
> unbelievable.
> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other two on
> the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a matter of a
> very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>
> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not an
> issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty knowledgeable,
> might have seen this before and have a clue on what is going on?
>
> Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
> Don
>

AJR

Most likely did not clean up after install and before running Disk
Defragmenter.


~~~~


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AJR wrote:
> Don - you do not provide info regarding HD capacity. Regarding
> "...defragment just fine and in a matter of a very few minutes,..." -
> would have to be extremely small - defrag takes time.
>
> Today's sizable HDs do take "hours" to defrag and "...The cpu kept
> stalling, then starting,..." would be normal action.
>
>
> "Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to
>> format and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my
>> udpates post SP2. I have two sata hard drives, each with 3
>> partitions.
>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
>> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see
>> this in task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I
>> had Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I
>> liked the program, so went ahead and purchased the new version,
>> Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
>> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run
>> over two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had
>> gotten to app 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and
>> starts of the cpu was unbelievable.
>> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other
>> two on the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a
>> matter of a very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>>
>> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not
>> an issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty
>> knowledgeable, might have seen this before and have a clue on what
>> is going on? Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don

Gerry,

Thanks for the tip on HD Tune, I will check it out when I can.

Yes, I ran disk cleanup. I will give safe mode a try.
Again, it only does this on my C Partition, none of the others.



--
Don



"Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don
>
> Try running HD Tune(freeware).
>
> Download and run it and see what it turns up.
> http://www.hdtune.com/
>
> Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
> letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
> and copy into a further message.
>
> Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
> Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. You can also do a full
> surface scan with HD Tune.
>
> Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
> click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
> Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
> is more informative.
>
> The Microsoft Disk Defragmenter and Diskeeper I think work differently so
> one works against the other.
>
> Did you run Disk CleanUp before defragmenting. Running either defragmenter
> in safe mode might help.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Don wrote:
>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to
>> format and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my
>> udpates post SP2.
>> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
>> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see
>> this in task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I
>> had Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I
>> liked the program, so went ahead and purchased the new version,
>> Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
>> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run
>> over two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten
>> to app 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the
>> cpu was unbelievable.
>> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other
>> two on the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a
>> matter of a very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>>
>> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not
>> an issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty
>> knowledgeable, might have seen this before and have a clue on what is
>> going on?
>> Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>
>

"Patrick Keenan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to format
>> and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my udpates post SP2.
>>
>> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
>> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling,
>
> What exactly do you mean by "stalling"?

By stalling, I mean the cpu basically appears to freeze. Mouse will not
move. With the performance monitor, in task manager open, you can see the
progress bar just freeze for a minute or so, then starts up again.




>
> Download and run Process Explorer. Take a few minutes to see how it
> works and what it's displaying, then start up the defragmenter again with
> PE laid out to show what's taking CPU cycles.
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx
>


Thanks, I will check it out.



--
Don

My C partition, is 20 gb, with only app 6 gb of data on it right now.
Prior to my reformatting and installing XP Pro clean, I could defrag it in
minutes ( I defrag about once a month ).

Now, C is doing this, I basically stopped it after over 2 hours.

Thanks,



--
Don


"AJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23snq%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don - you do not provide info regarding HD capacity. Regarding
> "...defragment just fine and in a matter of a very few minutes,..." -
> would have to be extremely small - defrag takes time.
>
> Today's sizable HDs do take "hours" to defrag and "...The cpu kept
> stalling, then starting,..." would be normal action.
>
>
> "Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to format
>> and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my udpates post SP2.
>>
>> I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
>> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see this
>> in task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I had
>> Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I liked
>> the program, so went ahead and purchased the new version, Diskeeper 2008
>> Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
>> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run over
>> two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had gotten to app
>> 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and starts of the cpu was
>> unbelievable.
>> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other two on
>> the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a matter of a
>> very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>>
>> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not an
>> issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty knowledgeable,
>> might have seen this before and have a clue on what is going on?
>>
>> Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don
>>
>
>

Yes, I ran disc cleanup. However, I do have a lot of files in my recycle
bin, programs downloaded and installed, then the downloaded files deleted,
etc.

I will clean out the recycle bin as well before trying again.

Thanks,




--
Don



"Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> AJR
>
> Most likely did not clean up after install and before running Disk
> Defragmenter.
>
>
> ~~~~
>
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> AJR wrote:
>> Don - you do not provide info regarding HD capacity. Regarding
>> "...defragment just fine and in a matter of a very few minutes,..." -
>> would have to be extremely small - defrag takes time.
>>
>> Today's sizable HDs do take "hours" to defrag and "...The cpu kept
>> stalling, then starting,..." would be normal action.
>>
>>
>> "Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and ended up having to
>>> format and clean install XP Pro SP2. I also have gotten all my
>>> udpates post SP2. I have two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
>>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought I would go in and
>>> defrag my C partition in Windows XP.
>>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then starting, I could see
>>> this in task manager under performance tab. So, before my reformat I
>>> had Diskeeper 10, from Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I
>>> liked the program, so went ahead and purchased the new version,
>>> Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and tried again.
>>> Same issue, as with the built in windows defrag, I let the thing run
>>> over two hours, before finally shutting my system down. It had
>>> gotten to app 80% complete, but again, the constant stalls and
>>> starts of the cpu was unbelievable.
>>> Now here's the catch, all my other partitions, including the other
>>> two on the same drive that C is on, defragment just fine and in a
>>> matter of a very few minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu.
>>>
>>> I have never seen anything like this before, and while I am sure not
>>> an issue with the new 780i, thought some of you being pretty
>>> knowledgeable, might have seen this before and have a clue on what
>>> is going on? Any tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don
>
>

Don <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> My C partition, is 20 gb, with only app 6 gb of data
> on
> it right now. Prior to my reformatting and installing
> XP
> Pro clean, I could defrag it in minutes ( I defrag
> about
> once a month ).
> Now, C is doing this, I basically stopped it after
> over 2
> hours.
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
> "AJR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23snq%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Don - you do not provide info regarding HD capacity.
>> Regarding "...defragment just fine and in a matter
>> of a
>> very few minutes,..." - would have to be extremely
>> small
>> - defrag takes time. Today's sizable HDs do take
>> "hours" to defrag and
>> "...The cpu kept stalling, then starting,..." would
>> be
>> normal action. "Don" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in message
>> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> I seem to have an issue, that is a first for me.
>>> I just put a new EVGA 780i mb in on Friday, and
>>> ended
>>> up having to format and clean install XP Pro SP2. I
>>> also have gotten all my udpates post SP2. I have
>>> two sata hard drives, each with 3 partitions.
>>> My system appears to be running rock solid. Thought
>>> I
>>> would go in and defrag my C partition in Windows
>>> XP.
>>> Very, very slow. The cpu kept stalling, then
>>> starting,
>>> I could see this in task manager under performance
>>> tab.
>>> So, before my reformat I had Diskeeper 10, from
>>> Executive Software, 2005 version I believe. I liked
>>> the
>>> program, so went ahead and purchased the new
>>> version,
>>> Diskeeper 2008 Home Version. Installed it, and
>>> tried
>>> again. Same issue, as with the built in windows
>>> defrag, I let
>>> the thing run over two hours, before finally
>>> shutting
>>> my system down. It had gotten to app 80% complete,
>>> but
>>> again, the constant stalls and starts of the cpu
>>> was
>>> unbelievable. Now here's the catch, all my other
>>> partitions,
>>> including the other two on the same drive that C is
>>> on,
>>> defragment just fine and in a matter of a very few
>>> minutes, no stalling and starting of the cpu. I
>>> have never seen anything like this before, and
>>> while
>>> I am sure not an issue with the new 780i, thought
>>> some
>>> of you being pretty knowledgeable, might have seen
>>> this
>>> before and have a clue on what is going on? Any
>>> tips here would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don

If fragmentation is bad enough, and especially if
things like Restore points are using Gigs of space (not
counted) and your page file is set large (windows
should controls its size), where the partition is
located and a few dozen other things could make the
first defrag take a long time.
IMO 2 hours wasn't enough time even for your small
(by today's standards) size.
IIRC correctly you stopped it at 80% some some such
number and have stopped it more than once. THAT very
likely really intensified the fragmentation on the
drive a huge amount.
If you analyze the drive before fragmenting, I'll
bet it gives you a very high % of fragmented files.
You started with a fragmented disck because you had
just installed windows. Then IMO you substantially
increased the frgamentation by starting and stopping
the defrags.

I suggest:
Before bed or at least after the last day's use of the
computer:
-- Do a Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories,
System Tools, Disk Cleanup. Let it do everything. It
might take quite awhile to run. Let it complete.
-- Restart. Better yet, do a cold boot after power
has been off for over a minute.
-- Immediately start the defragger.
-- Go to bed, whatever.
-- In the morning, see if it's still running. I'll
bet it won't be; it'll be finished.
-- Restart
-- Defrag it again: This time it should only take an
hour or two at most, but IF it's progressing, even very
slowly, let it complete!
-- Restart. Analyze the fragmentation. If it still
suggests you defrag, do so yet again.
-- You might want to defrag again just for GPs even if
it says you don't have to, if there is say more than
10% fragmentation indicated.
-- After that or maybe one or two more times, you
should be back where you started from.

It might sound counter-intuitive to do so many defrags,
but your interrupting defrags left your data scattered
all over the place while it was making room to put
things in order. When the fragmentation is bad enough,
the application simply cannot handle all of the
fragmentation.
I have only ever had to defrag 3 times once on one
machine, to get the frragmentation down to under 3% but
you might have a bigger mess there. Especially if you
don't have a lot of memory, it can make things take
longer too.
Patience and perseverence. First defrag might take
hours. Second I would expect much shorter, less than
an hour, but let it run until it's done or
fragmentation will go wild on you again. Next time
should be the last time, and be pretty fast relatively
speaking, but keep track of the amount of
fragmentation.
Also note that there are some files that can not be
defragmented this way, like your page file, so complete
defrag might not be possible, depending on how/when
those unmovable files were created.

HTH,

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