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2nd drive running slow intermitantly
I have a drive latency problem that I think is related to Windows 7, but im not sure why. My PCs an Intel Core I 7 with 6gb ram. I recently added a second 2tb WD internal sata drive for extra file storage. I moved the default my docs folder to point at the seconds drive. Everything has been running fine up to recently when I have started to experience lag with the second drive. I have been adding a large amount of large video files( hd mkvs etc). They have started to intermittently stutter as if the PC is dong something else with this second drive. If I move the video file onto the primary drive it plays fine. When the PC is first turned on it looks as if there is a lot of drive access going on for no reason. Task manager does not give any indication I can see. Sometimes after an hour the PC calms down and the files on the second drive play fine. Has Windows 7 got some form of file indexing that is running in the background creating a lot of traffic? I tried turning off the “Allow files on this drive to have contrants indexed in addition to file properties” option but the problem remains.
When you open up a folder whats the green bar a the top of the screen that moves across the folder location. When the PC is running slow this takes ages? I have done a WD drive test and the new HD does not show any problems.
Thanks for any advice!