Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Thursday 28.11.2024 / 00:12
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > windows - general discussion > trouble finding "my computer" system keeps searching for it
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
trouble finding "My Computer" system keeps searching for it
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
Maximus21
Junior Member
_ 		3. August 2009 @ 12:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello,

Ive got kind of a piss off question mainly because its pissing me off.

When I go into startup and click on my computer the system has to search for my drives this can take a minute or more. it also effects some program and file opening.

after a while (days weeks) the system will go back to normal and open up my computer with no delay.

I can't be the only one who has had this problem and any help is good.

thanks.
[ + quote]
dailun
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		3. August 2009 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are these local drives or network (NAS or remote PC) drives.

I have a NAS box and the drives spin down after a period of inactivity. When they "wake up" it can take several seconds (15 or 20) for the local PC to discover them.

Not to be a smart a**, but did you time it with a watch? 60 seconds would be a long time and a sign of antoher problem. I am guessing that it's not that long if you really time it.
[ + quote]
Maximus21
Junior Member
_ 		3. August 2009 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no these are local drives and I just timed it it was actually 1 minute 20 seconds
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
jodav
Member
_ 		3. August 2009 @ 16:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There are many things that can cause this problem Maximus 21,

Here are some of the most common ones that you can try, get the stopwatch out after each one lol. Many people ignore the simple options when sometimes they are the most affective.

1- Do virus and spyware scan.
2- Defrag your hard drive (maybe start this before going to bed, if you ignore the rest dont ignore this one)
3- Run the windows disc clean up.
4- Uninstall any programs etc that you do not use.
5- Turn offf any autamatically update options you dont need (nothing wrong with updating anything manualy as long as you do it regular.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > windows - general discussion > trouble finding "my computer" system keeps searching for it
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2024 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork