Re: Strange Hard Drive Problem

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:54:22 +0000 (UTC), freddy
<freddy_not@hotmail.com> wrote:

>(no definitive answers yet)
>
>Win98SE, Dell PIII Phoenix Bios.
>
>Two drives on secondary IDE channel cable select, primary 20GB WD,
>secondary 8GB WD. Both tested ok using WD DLG. No smart errors. Both
>defragged.
>
>Transferring directories, irrespective of size or content, SOME
>directories transfer quickly (normally)while others take forever, like
>8-10 seconds. Explorer appears to freeze due to slowness, (as with
>floppy transfers). Wait,wait,wait, then copies completed. Sometimes
>creating new directories the new name does not auto refresh and I must
>refresh explorer manually to get new name. Not sure yet-this might
>occur just between drives, but I think occurs even on the same drive
>(will do further testing).
>
>Run memory diagnostics-no errors. Have not yet benchmarked drives. What
>is causing this anomaly? Deleted some startup apps which speeded things
>up significantly, but main problem still persists and why does it only
>occur on ome dir transfers and not on others, almost as if it is
>dependent on here directory is on the drive?

Check the data and power cables and connectors. Try
unplugging and replugging them, and a different data cable
if you have one availabe.

You might also try the HDD manufacturer's diagnostics,
including the full surface scan.