[Thinkpad] Maintenance sw and SLOW loading of data files in various apps

[Rob Bell]

Does the file load faster from a different disk partition or a different 
physical drive?  If it's the same across both drives then whatever is 
happening seems to be software/configuration related.  If one drive is 
faster then you may want to perform an in-depth error check of the slow 
drive.  Hard drives that are failing often get really slow because they 
have to keep re-reading things.  Windows has some type of error checker 
that works OK, but getting Drive Fitness Test or similar is probably a 
better choice.

As for file size and speed... Did you mean the time to actually launch 
AutoCAD and then open a file is 2.5 min, or just the time to open a 19MB 
file in already-running AutoCAD?  I don't have that software to test 
with here, but either of those options seems WAY too long.  I would 
expect a 19MB file to open in a couple of seconds in most programs 
unless AC is extremely slow opening files.  The program itself should 
launch a lot quicker than that too.

Have you done scans for adware/spyware with something like Spybot and 
AdAware?  Have you tried logging into the machine with a different user 
(preferably a brand new local account) to test the speed?  Have you 
tried booting into safe mode and testing the speed there?  All of these 
things will help fill in pieces of the puzzle.

Rob

Frank K-F wrote:

> Paul, Matt, Ray, Michael, Rob, et alia..
> 
> thanks for your inputs and suggestions.  This is what I have before I 
> read your msgs:
> 
> -- Both HDDs are 7200 RPM.
> -- ALL my partitions are NTFS .. except the IBM-Service which is FAT32.
> -- My Swap File (should be in my D partition 4038MB.. sometimes reverts 
> to C) was now in C at 2048MB (2GB memory .. and all is available) .. and 
> now re-directed back to D.
> -- Under  Device Manager .. IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers .. have two 
> instances of  "Primary IDE Channel", both reporting  "Auto Detection" /  
> "DMA if available" / Ultra DMA Mode 5A .. for Device "0" and "1".
> -- Norton has not reported any infections .. have weekly total scans, 
> and I am not aware of any new silent installs (BTW how does one hunt for 
> these?).
> 
> Frank K-F
> ========
> 
> To test .. I started my AutoCAD and loaded a 19MB file ... took about 
> 2.5 minutes, by my guesstimate up to twice as long  as it should.


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