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07-04-2005, 11:58 AM
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disc cleanup very slow
Recently when I attempt to do a disc cleanup on my HDD, it is EXTREMELY slow. It used to take a minute or so, but now takes much, much longer. I haven't timed it, but I know it takes more than 15 mins. I don't think this started happening with new software installs or anything, and I am not selecting any options differently. Does anyone know what may be causing this? It almost seems to hang when it compresses old files. It never did before.
The cpu utilization is at 99% on the cleanmgr.exe according to the task manager. Last edited by rmaier; 07-04-2005 at 12:02 PM. |
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07-04-2005, 01:03 PM
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Scan for malware.
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07-04-2005, 01:47 PM
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I am currently using updated versions of Spywareblaster, Spybot S&D, and Lavasoft Ad-aware. They find nothing. My Norton AV is updated and runs nightly also.
My C drive properties page shows the indexing service box checked, but not the "compress drive" box. This is the page that has the button to start the disk cleanup tool. I am using win2k professional. |
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07-04-2005, 04:38 PM
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The amount of time taken has more to do with the total amount of data on the drive than it does files to be deleted. If you have lots of data, it's going to take a longer time. Because cleanup searches for unused, compresed old files and with more data comes longer search specialy if you using cleanup during some other work!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...storeperf.mspx
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07-06-2005, 03:38 AM
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High levels of fragmentation especially if the MFT is heavily fragmented...maybe a possibility for this.
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07-06-2005, 03:50 AM
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And for removing Windows temporary files, Temporary internet files, uninstaling programs, deleting history files, cookies, registry repair and optimasing and many things more I'm using ADVANCED UNINSTALER PRO 2004 !!! http://www.innovative-sol.com/ Last edited by macko72; 07-06-2005 at 03:52 AM. |
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07-06-2005, 06:56 AM
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If it's heavily fragmented the other question is how full is the hard drive?
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07-06-2005, 07:31 AM
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If you run it a second time does it go much faster?
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07-06-2005, 11:07 AM
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Try running in safe mode and see if there is a difference.
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