Windows Explorer hangs on certain partitions

huffman

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Above is the how I have my HDD's arranged.

Occassionally when I try to access the "I" drive it hangs up my computer. It happens often enough to be very annoying; a few times a week. There does not seem to be a pattern when it will occur.

The only way I can get it working again is to turn the computer off and disconnect the second HHD, then reboot. Then I shut down again and connect second HDD back up. That seems to fix the problem until it happens the next time.

The only reason I can think of that would cause this, is that I have renamed the partitions on the second HHD. Why it only happens with the "I" drive I have no idea.

Any ideas to fix this problem would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Pro
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Duel CPU E2200 2.20 Ghz
Motherboard
GA-G41M-ES2L
Memory
4 gb 2.96 Usable
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Hard Drives
2 - 1TB WD Sata Drives
Do you occasionally boot from drive G? I notice that is is marked "active".

What is the general purpose of Disc 1? Storage?

Are partitions H and I backed up?

Have you run checkdisk or a hard disk utility on Disc 1?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
"G" has Windows 8 installed and I never boot with it when the other HHD is hooked up.

Disk 1 has Windows 8 installed and the other two partitions are contain only data.

"H" and "I" are backed up on an external HDD.

Yes I have run CHKDISK on Disk 0 and 1.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Pro
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Duel CPU E2200 2.20 Ghz
Motherboard
GA-G41M-ES2L
Memory
4 gb 2.96 Usable
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Hard Drives
2 - 1TB WD Sata Drives
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