Transfering large files make W7 Slow Down to a Crawl?

doomie22 said:

Ok, so I read about TeraCopy from another thread and installed it; a file that I know will stop during mid-transfer now transfer without any issues when using TeraCopy v2.06 beta.

I'm confused

Network File and Folder sharing is disable.

So explorer is having issues. Have you restarted and tried again?

~Lordbob

slithernet said:

When I test hard drives i get this prob. When a bad hard drive is connected to my pc explorer hangs and transfers slow. Sometimes the transfer will go after a long time, sometimes it hangs 4 ever. Maybe you should test your drive.

What do you use to test them? This is something I should run as well....

~Lordbob

You can run the free version of HD Tune 2.55 for a quick scan for bad sectors while the best tools are generally the drive diagnostics provided by the manufacturer itself. HD Tune website

Sometimes the model of drive by the particular manufacturer is the problem rather then any actual faults being seen. When first going to test the 7 betas I found myself needing an extra drive to test various configurations as well as preserving the initial quadruple boot setup of both 7 flavors along with the existing XP and Vista dual boot.

The WD Green Power drive was removed out of the external usb housing for internal use and would soon start seeing Windows problems with each clean install over the last several months. The next time someone asks about installing 7 on an external drive the term "meant for storage only" certainly does apply there!

Fortunately all that time the second Host drive installed as a stand alone as well as added into the other BCD store always remains stable! It formerly held XP and the 32bit beta.

slithernet said:

I usually test them with the manufacturers tools, whats the brand of the hard drive?

Samsung.

~Lordbob