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Jim Macklin
It is possible that the drive is failing, EVEREST from
www.lavalys.com will scan the SMART hard drive monitor and
give you a report. There might be a hardware problem with a
cable or connector, the firmware might need an update, but
it is also possible that the drive is over-heating. If
there is a layer of dirt, a bearing going bad or some other
problem, that would effect the drive. Even a general heat
problem would effect the defrag because CPU use is high
during the procedure. Check all your fans and vents. If
there is a fan in the HD cage, perhaps it has failed. If
not, maybe you can add a fan, some cases provide for this.
There are thermal probes that can be attached to the drive
to check the temperature. There are also fans with remote
temp sensors.
Have you run chkdsk, if there are directory/file problems it
could slow defrag.
Good luck. BTW, you will probably get a ton of spam if the
GMail address is valid. You should munge the address so a
bot can't harvest it. The spam may also have viruses.
--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
| The defragging is being run from safe mode. I also
regularly use
| AdAware, Scanspyware, and Microsoft Antispyware. Also
have Norton AV.
| There actually were no programs installed or updated
during the week
| between the 30 minute defrag and the onset of the slow
defrag. In my
| previous post, by no real changes I meant I created a few
new Word
| documents, received some email, and did the usual amount
of web site
| visits.
|
| I do appreciate all the advice. I'm just not having any
luck appling
| any of it to figure out what happened.
|
|
| .
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > from my original answer, "Other running programs,
| > particularly file
| > > caching programs will slow or even block defrag. To
| > > defrag,
| > > boot into safe mode and run the program or boot the
| > > recovery
| > > console from the CD and use the command line"
| >
| > You have something running, perhaps spyware or a virus,
| > maybe some new software that is acting as a server, that
is
| > running and writing new data to the hard drive while it
is
| > being defragged. Many programs, even screensavers can
slow
| > or stop defrag. To paraphrase Clairol and Smokey Bear,
| > "Only a hacker knows for sure what is on your hard drive
and
| > Only you can prevent problems."
| > "[N]o real changes to programs installed" means that
were
| > some changes that you think were minor. One or more of
| > those changes is the problem. Turn off some programs,
| > disable some services, even uninstall some of the most
| > recent changes and see what happens.
| >
|
www.lavalys.com will scan the SMART hard drive monitor and
give you a report. There might be a hardware problem with a
cable or connector, the firmware might need an update, but
it is also possible that the drive is over-heating. If
there is a layer of dirt, a bearing going bad or some other
problem, that would effect the drive. Even a general heat
problem would effect the defrag because CPU use is high
during the procedure. Check all your fans and vents. If
there is a fan in the HD cage, perhaps it has failed. If
not, maybe you can add a fan, some cases provide for this.
There are thermal probes that can be attached to the drive
to check the temperature. There are also fans with remote
temp sensors.
Have you run chkdsk, if there are directory/file problems it
could slow defrag.
Good luck. BTW, you will probably get a ton of spam if the
GMail address is valid. You should munge the address so a
bot can't harvest it. The spam may also have viruses.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
| The defragging is being run from safe mode. I also
regularly use
| AdAware, Scanspyware, and Microsoft Antispyware. Also
have Norton AV.
| There actually were no programs installed or updated
during the week
| between the 30 minute defrag and the onset of the slow
defrag. In my
| previous post, by no real changes I meant I created a few
new Word
| documents, received some email, and did the usual amount
of web site
| visits.
|
| I do appreciate all the advice. I'm just not having any
luck appling
| any of it to figure out what happened.
|
|
| .
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > from my original answer, "Other running programs,
| > particularly file
| > > caching programs will slow or even block defrag. To
| > > defrag,
| > > boot into safe mode and run the program or boot the
| > > recovery
| > > console from the CD and use the command line"
| >
| > You have something running, perhaps spyware or a virus,
| > maybe some new software that is acting as a server, that
is
| > running and writing new data to the hard drive while it
is
| > being defragged. Many programs, even screensavers can
slow
| > or stop defrag. To paraphrase Clairol and Smokey Bear,
| > "Only a hacker knows for sure what is on your hard drive
and
| > Only you can prevent problems."
| > "[N]o real changes to programs installed" means that
were
| > some changes that you think were minor. One or more of
| > those changes is the problem. Turn off some programs,
| > disable some services, even uninstall some of the most
| > recent changes and see what happens.
| >
|