Slow disk

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

Hi
I have a recent computer (1 month and a half) : Win XP SP2, Athlon (1.8
real speed), 1 Go ram, 40 Go DD.

All was fine when, two weeks ago, all became very slow : I have two HDD.
Before this problem they had identical performances. Now the local one
(c is ten times slower in both reading and writing than the external
one (firewire).

I have done many searches to explain this, with no result :

- starting without any programs selected in "MsConfig" / "start" : same
problem.
- scanning with 2 anti-spy and 2 anti virus : nothing.
- running "sfc /scannow" : nothing.

Thanks
Mathieu Trentesaux

 

[R. McCarty]

Check your System/Application Event logs for clues.
Start, Run (Type) Eventvwr.Msc [Press Enter]
Expand or Maximize the view - \Left Click each log heading from
the left pane and then Double-Click each Red Icon to read the detail box.
Note the Event ID # and cross reference from this web site:
http://www.eventid.net/
Also run TaskMgr and look for processes with abnormally high CPU &
memory usage, excluding System Idle Process.

 

[Gilles RONSIN]

"R. McCarty" <[email protected]>, le lun. 31 janv.
2005 13:09:22, écrivait ceci:

Hi,

Check your System/Application Event logs for clues.
Start, Run (Type) Eventvwr.Msc [Press Enter]
Expand or Maximize the view - \Left Click each log heading from
the left pane and then Double-Click each Red Icon to read the
detail box. Note the Event ID # and cross reference from this web
site: http://www.eventid.net/

You can directly get the eventid result in eventvwr using this hacking
http://www.eventid.net/evredirect.asp

 

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

R. McCarty a écrit :

Check your System/Application Event logs for clues.
Start, Run (Type) Eventvwr.Msc [Press Enter]
Expand or Maximize the view - \Left Click each log heading from
the left pane and then Double-Click each Red Icon to read the detail box.
Note the Event ID # and cross reference from this web site:
http://www.eventid.net/

- nothing red happened today since I powered up the machine.
- I think I can understand the origin of all the problems I found on the
days before (hanged programs, internet problems, cd problems, etc).
- I put it here to be sure, the only strange thing I have is a problem
about the "Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer" that Windows tries to
install, without success... twenty times at each loading of Acrobat Reader.

Also run TaskMgr and look for processes with abnormally high CPU &
memory usage, excluding System Idle Process.

While copying, the performance tab shows about 99% in red (system). At
the *same moment*, the processus shows me that the System Idle Process
is moving from 40 to 70%. This seems to be in contradiction with the
performance tab. The process that is making the copy (explorer) takes
the rest of the percent. In the same time, the media player can't play
normally (whitch seemed impossible before this problem) and even the
mouse is slow.

All happens as if an invisible (from the process tab but not from the
performance tab) process was running in the background during each
reading or writing on the local HDD.

Thanks

 

[Trent©]

Hi
I have a recent computer (1 month and a half) : Win XP SP2, Athlon (1.8
real speed), 1 Go ram, 40 Go DD.

All was fine when, two weeks ago, all became very slow : I have two HDD.
Before this problem they had identical performances. Now the local one
(c is ten times slower in both reading and writing than the external
one (firewire).

I have done many searches to explain this, with no result :

- starting without any programs selected in "MsConfig" / "start" : same
problem.
- scanning with 2 anti-spy and 2 anti virus : nothing.

Is one of them Norton? lol


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

Trent© a écrit :

Is one of them Norton? lol

You loose : Kaspersky + Avast, Spybot + A square.

Have a nice one...

Do you think is it important to me to have any *opinion* about any
anti-virus in this thread ?

Thanks

 

[Rock]

Hi
I have a recent computer (1 month and a half) : Win XP SP2, Athlon (1.8
real speed), 1 Go ram, 40 Go DD.

All was fine when, two weeks ago, all became very slow : I have two HDD.
Before this problem they had identical performances. Now the local one
(c is ten times slower in both reading and writing than the external
one (firewire).

I have done many searches to explain this, with no result :

- starting without any programs selected in "MsConfig" / "start" : same
problem.
- scanning with 2 anti-spy and 2 anti virus : nothing.
- running "sfc /scannow" : nothing.

Thanks
Mathieu Trentesaux

Check the properties for the Primary IDE channel in Device Manager. Is
it set to Ultra DMA mode?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

How much free space on the hard disk?

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[Plato]

I have a recent computer (1 month and a half) : Win XP SP2, Athlon (1.8
real speed), 1 Go ram, 40 Go DD.

If you mean GIG when you say Go, then:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/208.htm#3

 

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

Plato a écrit :

If you mean GIG when you say Go, then:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/208.htm#3

I also tried to free space and defragment, without any effect. Right now
there is 13.5 Giga free on 40.

Thanks

 

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

Rock a écrit :

Check the properties for the Primary IDE channel in Device Manager. Is
it set to Ultra DMA mode?

In fact, it seems to me that the answer is *No*. On the second tab of
the properties of the primary IDE channel ('advanced parameters') the
third field for periph 0 contains "Mode PIO". When I look at the same
field for the secondary IDE channel, I find an "ULTRA DMA Mode 2".

Is it a good symptom for my problem ? Do I have a problem in the setup
of my computer ? Is it something else ?

Thanks

 

[Gilles RONSIN]

Hi Salut,

I have a recent computer (1 month and a half) : Win XP SP2, Athlon
(1.8 real speed), 1 Go ram, 40 Go DD.

All was fine when, two weeks ago, all became very slow : I have
two HDD. Before this problem they had identical performances. Now
the local one (c is ten times slower in both reading and writing
than the external one (firewire).

I have done many searches to explain this, with no result :

- starting without any programs selected in "MsConfig" / "start" :
same problem.
- scanning with 2 anti-spy and 2 anti virus : nothing.
- running "sfc /scannow" : nothing.

As tu vérifié que tes disques sont restés en mode DMA ?
http://a.vouillon.online.fr/faq-winxp.htm#99

 

[Mathieu Trentesaux]

Gilles RONSIN a écrit :

Mathieu Trentesaux <[email protected]>, le lun. 31 janv.
2005 13:04:16, écrivait ceci:




As tu vérifié que tes disques sont restés en mode DMA ?
http://a.vouillon.online.fr/faq-winxp.htm#99

It sounds good ! But I'm really afraid to uninstall the drivers for the
main HDD, whith or without a restauration point...

 

[Gilles RONSIN]

Mathieu Trentesaux <[email protected]>, le mar. 01 févr.
2005 11:04:57, écrivait ceci:

Hi

It sounds good ! But I'm really afraid to uninstall the drivers
for the main HDD, whith or without a restauration point...

Fortunaly, Windows is plug&play since W95.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

What is the virtual memory setting? Is the Indexing Service disabled?

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[Rock]

Rock a écrit :



In fact, it seems to me that the answer is *No*. On the second tab of
the properties of the primary IDE channel ('advanced parameters') the
third field for periph 0 contains "Mode PIO". When I look at the same
field for the secondary IDE channel, I find an "ULTRA DMA Mode 2".

Is it a good symptom for my problem ? Do I have a problem in the setup
of my computer ? Is it something else ?

Thanks

Yes that is probably the cause of the slow down. When a certain number
of UDMA errors are received, the system will step down the mode to the
slower PIO mode. One thing to do is to uninstall the controller through
Device Manager. Right click on it and choose uninstall, then reboot and
let the system reinstall it. Hopefully it will reinstall in Ultra DMA
mode. The issue then is why the step down. Could be a problem with the
drive or the drive cable. Download a diagnostic utility from the drive
manufacturer's web site and run that. Reseat the cable, try a new cable.