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*steve b* · 20-02-2007

If logging off and back on fixes the problem, I don't think it's caused by fragmentation. Still it's a good idea to defragment occasionally.

As mentioned earlier, you could be running out of memory. Either because you don't have enough to start with, or there is a memory leak. Maybe you could use Task Manager or some oher program to check this.

Western Digital has a good hard drive diagnostic you can run under XP:
http://support.wdc.com/download/inde...&pid=15&swid=3

I run it every couple of weeks because it can usually spot problems before the disk becomes unusable.

20-02-2007	#10 (permalink)
steve b CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 558	Re: HD defragment question If logging off and back on fixes the problem, I don't think it's caused by fragmentation. Still it's a good idea to defragment occasionally. As mentioned earlier, you could be running out of memory. Either because you don't have enough to start with, or there is a memory leak. Maybe you could use Task Manager or some oher program to check this. Western Digital has a good hard drive diagnostic you can run under XP: http://support.wdc.com/download/inde...&pid=15&swid=3 I run it every couple of weeks because it can usually spot problems before the disk becomes unusable.