Hard Disk Freezes

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Hi,

I have just bought a 500Gb HD and it often seems frozen when I try to
access it. Although if I EXPLORE it, it is OK.

So here is what happens...

If I go to START > right click EXPLORE > find the disk and open it,
then there is no problem, it works perfectly. However I find this an
irritating method of working. Also if I go to SAVE a document, from
the FIND menu, then I have no difficulty in accessing the HD.

If I go to START > MY COMPUTER > select the disk and double click it
then, so far so good, it opens up OK. If I then double click any
folder or document on the disk, then there is a several minute delay
before it opens. In fact the computer seems to get severe indigestion
because the window associated with the disk freezes. I can continue
working whilst this happens by the way, I just can't do anything with
the HD, unless I approach it using the EXPLORE method.

I have reformatted the disk and I have unplugged the USB cables and
swopped them round. I do a lot of graphic design work so I am quite
experienced with storage devices, although I have never seen anything
like this before.

Anybody got any ideas please?

Thanks in advance.

Julie
 
What is the computer make and model? Laptop or desktop?

Try HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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