W2k: Windows Explorer little problem

[id3dwiz]

When opening Windows explorer it takes around 10 seconds for drives to appear. I was thinking it's because it was reading CD, but then I removed the CD in my CD-ROM drive and it didn't fix it.
Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Slacker]

same here. not ten seconds, but a few, too many anyway, dunno whats up.

 

[id3dwiz]

Well, maybe not 10 but 5... still that's bad.

 

[Splork]

How fast is your system? Mine "sometimes" takes awhile to pull it up...others, it right there. I have a AMD k62-400.

-sp

 

[Slacker]

The first time you look at your drives contents it takes some time to display, each time after that it is instantaneous.

 

[ssteele]

Defrag your hardrive and then create a swap file to 150 for min and 150 for max. If you dont know how let me know and I will be happy to explain it to you.

 

[KB]

Are you on a network? Windows Explorer does take some time when it is looking for connected network drives.

 

[id3dwiz]

Thank you all for all of your replies.
When I said it takes less then 10 seconds I was wrong, it actually takes a little more than 10 seconds.
I run Win2k pro on PIII 700 with 256mb of RAM.

Slacker, in my case it does it the first time and then opens up instantaneously for some time, but then when I open it up some time later it does it again. I just tested it... happened 3 times in a row and after it opens up without a problem.

Ssteele, hmmm sounds like a good idea I haven't defraged my HD in a while, heh. About a swap file I don't think there is a problem. Min set to min 384 and max 768.

KB, No network here. I'm on cable modem though. But it can't be it... I have zonealarm and explorer is not allowed to connect to the internet and plus I don't have any network drives connected.

Thank you all next thing I do will be burning like 7 GB onto CDs and then defragging my drive Thank you all again.

 

[Escalade]

Here's a tip that will speed up the initial opening of the folders...

Open 'My Computer'
Click on 'Tools' in the top bar
Select 'Folder Options'
Under 'Web View' click on 'use Windows Classic Folders'

Then close all programs and reboot - when the system comes back up open up 'My Computer' and click on a drive letter - you'll be amazed at the difference.