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All Things Mopar
Hi, All.
I have a custom built PC with AMD 3700, 4 gig memory, ATI
Radeon video, Lite On CD/DVD reader and a burner, Maxtor 260
gig, and ASUS motherboard. I transferred my non-graphics data
onto my new NTFS D:\ and all my graphics data to NTFS E:\. I
reserve the C:\ primary partition for only Windows and
applications, no data is ever stored there.
I've noticed a long time lag, sometimes a minute or more,
when first trying to look at the folder structure to any
of my 2 NTFS data-only partitions after a restart. Once the
folderr are cached, performance is OK. Even then,
frequently accessing a folder with thousands of files in
it takes many seconds. It seems that even with all the
RAM I have, SP2 "forgets" it already scanned a given
folder(s) and tries again later. Time delays are in the
30-60+ second range for partitions about 85 gig, with
only about 30 gig occupied in each partition.
I've tried both My Computer and Win Explorer. I'm making the
timing comparisons to my older Win XP Pro SP1 box, but in that
case, the extended partitions are FAT32. I did chkdisk and
a defrag on all 3 partitions, but it made no noticeable
improvement.
I've heard that part of the new SP2 security system pre-
fetches data in the data section of the HD if it "thinks"
multi-media files exist in the folders being looked at.
That is true in my case, as I notice the longest delays on
folders with MP3 files in them, or JPEGs. I don't have much
else that's multimedia.
That I can tell, folders with "regular" file types, DOC,
EXE, whatever, read OK, it is just my big MP3 and JPEG
folders, some of which have 3,000+ files in them.
Again, the delay compared to SP1 on the very same
folders is striking.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
--
ATM, aka Jerry
"You’re gonna get your mind right"
"This the way he wants it, well, he gets it"
"What we got here is failure to communicate"
The Cap'n to Lucas "Luke" Jackson in "Cool Hand Luke"
I have a custom built PC with AMD 3700, 4 gig memory, ATI
Radeon video, Lite On CD/DVD reader and a burner, Maxtor 260
gig, and ASUS motherboard. I transferred my non-graphics data
onto my new NTFS D:\ and all my graphics data to NTFS E:\. I
reserve the C:\ primary partition for only Windows and
applications, no data is ever stored there.
I've noticed a long time lag, sometimes a minute or more,
when first trying to look at the folder structure to any
of my 2 NTFS data-only partitions after a restart. Once the
folderr are cached, performance is OK. Even then,
frequently accessing a folder with thousands of files in
it takes many seconds. It seems that even with all the
RAM I have, SP2 "forgets" it already scanned a given
folder(s) and tries again later. Time delays are in the
30-60+ second range for partitions about 85 gig, with
only about 30 gig occupied in each partition.
I've tried both My Computer and Win Explorer. I'm making the
timing comparisons to my older Win XP Pro SP1 box, but in that
case, the extended partitions are FAT32. I did chkdisk and
a defrag on all 3 partitions, but it made no noticeable
improvement.
I've heard that part of the new SP2 security system pre-
fetches data in the data section of the HD if it "thinks"
multi-media files exist in the folders being looked at.
That is true in my case, as I notice the longest delays on
folders with MP3 files in them, or JPEGs. I don't have much
else that's multimedia.
That I can tell, folders with "regular" file types, DOC,
EXE, whatever, read OK, it is just my big MP3 and JPEG
folders, some of which have 3,000+ files in them.
Again, the delay compared to SP1 on the very same
folders is striking.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
--
ATM, aka Jerry
"You’re gonna get your mind right"
"This the way he wants it, well, he gets it"
"What we got here is failure to communicate"
The Cap'n to Lucas "Luke" Jackson in "Cool Hand Luke"