Re: I/O Read Bytes and "My Computer" problem

From: Don Dunlap (dondunlapwhoami_at_direcway.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:53:07 -0500

Yves,

I don't see an earlier post from you on the subject. Maybe I have missed
something since my newgroup provider is not functioning well. Could you
resend your message please?

Don

"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
news:%230Mef6mHFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> See earlier post! You need to wait some time for an answer.
>
>
> "Don Dunlap" <dondunlapwhoami@direcway.com> wrote in message
> news:cb748$42247fdb$45234886$23526@allthenewsgroups.com...
>>A couple of weeks ago I posted a problem that I was having with a slow
>>response when I selected "My Computer" The problem is still here and I
>>have done a little more research on it.
>>
>> Using Windows Task Manager and 'Processes', I turned on viewing I/O Read
>> Bytes and I/O Write Bytes. Every time that I select 'My Computer',
>> Explorer.EXE reads about 600 MBs. On a second computer, Explorer only
>> reads about 20 KBs. This is a huge difference and is obviously the cause
>> of the slow response. The I/O Write Bytes seems normal, about the same
>> on both computers. I restarted the computer about 10-15 minutes ago and
>> Explorer.EXE has already read over 5GBs, which is far, far more than any
>> other process.
>>
>> Everything else on the Task Manager looks normal. Page File usage stays
>> flat during this time and as you would expect, CPU Usage spikes.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what would cause this and how I could fix it?
>> I don't particularly want to do a re-install of Windows, but it looks as
>> if that might be the only cure. I am using XP Pro on a fairly new Dell
>> computer. I have had two disk failures and a memory chip failure in
>> about 2 months, so the system is not what I would consider the best. They
>> replaced the entire box after the second disk failure and I just had the
>> memory chip replaced last Friday.
>>
>> Don Dunlap
>>
>
>

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