Guest Bob Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Whenever I try to view files with windows explorer, it is extremely slow (greater than five minutes) to open up and display the contents of the C: drive or "my computer." This is happening with applications as well when they do a search. If I open Word, I can open quickly a document in the default location but once I try to go to a different folder it takes five minutes to find the next drive or folder. Oddly other application don't stop working. It is only when it is looking up a directory. Similarly, if I try to find imaging devices in the control panel it takes about five minutes to find the scanner. I don't know if this is related as other components of the control panel works well. Any ideas? I did a system restore and repair installation and that did not help.
Guest news.microsoft.com Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer slow to open files and "my computer" I would highly recommend checking to see who the manufacturer is of your hard drive and downloading and installing the diagnostic software for it. Sounds like you are fighting a near dead HDD. "Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7718F00B-5ABF-42FB-8FD2-4CD96E301B05@microsoft.com... > Whenever I try to view files with windows explorer, it is extremely slow > (greater than five minutes) to open up and display the contents of the C: > drive or "my computer." This is happening with applications as well when > they > do a search. > > If I open Word, I can open quickly a document in the default location but > once I try to go to a different folder it takes five minutes to find the > next > drive or folder. Oddly other application don't stop working. It is only > when > it is looking up a directory. > > Similarly, if I try to find imaging devices in the control panel it takes > about five minutes to find the scanner. I don't know if this is related > as > other components of the control panel works well. > > Any ideas? I did a system restore and repair installation and that did > not > help.
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