re: Erunt and DriveImage backups suddenly taking 10 times longer!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by raminder singh
(92 messages posted)
Thank you again.
I did not realize that the swap file was the same as the paging file! I had moved
the paging file following the advice about event 11 I found in some webpage a couple
of days ago. It did not improve matters.
I am in a bit of a bind because my machine is under warranty (3 years) and 2 years
of the warranty are still to go. So I do not wish to mess with the hardware. And
I cannot demand the services of a service engineer because the machine does run,
and the disk check utility declares that the HDD is fine! However, I inspected the
insides of the box and found that there is place for but one hard disk -- the one
in use -- and there are no other devices on the chain. There is also a combo DVD
reader on the second IDE channel, which I can disconnect to see if it helps. If it
does, I will report back.
I do have a spare hard disk, but it is a PATA, and the one in place is a SATA. I
don't know whether the image of the SATA drive will work if restored to a PATA drive.
When I have mustered the courage, I could try! Meanwhile I will just wait for the
fault to become worse. If it does, I can try a repair install. I can live with the
system in its present state.
On Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 9:10 pm, Jacob6601 wrote:
>Swap file: Simply move it to another drive or partition to clear it. Move it back
>when ready to re-boot again. Unless your hard disk driver got pinged (doubtful),
>you probably have a hardware fault. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154690
>
>I would start by replacing the cable.
>
>Next, "Simplify the SCSI/IDE chain by removing devices, or move the device in question
>to another controller. If the problem follows the device, you should replace it."
>I would boot with ONLY the one drive attached, clearing the second IDE channel also.
>
>If that fails, hopefully you have a spare drive to restore your image to. Boot with
>ONLY that drive attached to see if it is the drive or something else.
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