Slow windows explorer

[dan596]

Hello All,
I recently built a new machine. Lately I have noticed that every time I use windows explorer, it takes several seconds to open folders, get right click menus to appear, and is generally slow. Other processing-intensive functions like heavy graphic games seem to work fine. So, the only two logical conclusions I have been able to come up with are 1)My Raid configuration is problematic, or 2)somehow my anti-virus software is somehow slowing the file system down, or 3)Win98se is not efficient with 80GB of storage.

Does anyone have any insight this this problem??..the lag in windows explorer is noticibly frustrating. Here is my configuration:

MB: Abit KT7A-Raid
CPU 1.0GHz Athlon (FSB100)
512MB PC100 memory
2 IBM 45XP 40MB drives configured in Raid 0 using onboard Raid for a total of 80MB all as C: (no partitions)
Winfast Geforce 2 MX video card
CDR on IDE1 Master

I also have sound card, network card, and modem installed.Text

 

[Zoltarc]

I have a similar problem with a Duron PC here. The HDD access seems very slow.

Anyway have any ideas/fixes?

 

[ketchupdog]

try uninstalling your video card drivers and reinstalling them.

partition and defrag your HD

 

[illusion88]

I would say defrag. you might want to run a scandisk while you are at it. Partitioning your HD may just ead to problems but its worth a try. I have a 40gb HD as well and mine works fine on WIN 98SE. I am running on a k7t266 pro. If you think it is the antivirius, just stop it from running on boot up and test it out. go to run and type in msconfig and click on startup if you want a GUI for this. Of corse you could edit it in DOS and be 1337....