Solve : File operations causing explorer.exe to hang/crash (XP Pro).?

1.	Solve : File operations causing explorer.exe to hang/crash (XP Pro).?
Answer» When moving, deleting, and copying files.. about 1 out of 5-10 times explorer.exe will either hang or crash and restart itself. When it hangs, it's stuck at 100% cpu usage (100% of a core) and I have to kill it. Or if I wait a while it will kill itself and restart. It drives me absolutely nuts. Here's an example what happens: I'm organizing my files, moving them to another location. Everything is fine for the first few, then all of the sudden I'll move one and it doesn't DISAPPEAR from the original folder. If I refresh the folder, it will be gone, but when I check the task manager, explorer.exe will be using up all the cpu. If I try to do any other file operations after I refresh the folder, explorer will eventually crash after 30 seconds or so. It has had me a LITTLE worried that maybe my hard drive was going bad. So I downloaded a hard drive monitoring tool and have been keeping a close eye on it. Everything seems fine. I'm thinking it's just something messed up with Windows. Has anyone ever encountered anything like this? Any diagnostic tools to recommend? Something in the BIOS maybe? Any other tips? Thanks How much free space do you have on your hard drive? How much RAM do you have? Quote from: JJ 3000 on November 18, 2008, 11:45:45 PM How much free space do you have on your hard drive? PARTITION 1 (where Windows is): 24 out of 65GB Partition 2: 136 out of 400GB It's a 500GB drive, but you know how that goes. Quote from: JJ 3000 on November 18, 2008, 11:45:45 PM How much RAM do you have? 4GB, though when I right click My Computer, it says 3.50GB (this is actually the first TIME I've noticed that, could be because I run 32-bit XP?)How long has this been happening? Have you tried doing a system restore to before the problem started? I'm not sure if this will help but you could try this: Go to Start then Run and type in sfc /scannow and press enter. Have your windows CD handy. It will ask for it.I'm CURIOUS now. What will sfc /scannow do? Quote from: mnkypprs on November 19, 2008, 04:30:10 AM I'm curious now. What will sfc /scannow do? Nice description here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080112115933AAnbRJV Quote 4GB, though when I right click My Computer, it says 3.50GB (this is actually the first time I've noticed that, could be because I run 32-bit XP?) That's correct.

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When moving, deleting, and copying files.. about 1 out of 5-10 times explorer.exe will either hang or crash and restart itself. When it hangs, it's stuck at 100% cpu usage (100% of a core) and I have to kill it. Or if I wait a while it will kill itself and restart. It drives me absolutely nuts.

Here's an example what happens: I'm organizing my files, moving them to another location. Everything is fine for the first few, then all of the sudden I'll move one and it doesn't DISAPPEAR from the original folder. If I refresh the folder, it will be gone, but when I check the task manager, explorer.exe will be using up all the cpu. If I try to do any other file operations after I refresh the folder, explorer will eventually crash after 30 seconds or so.

It has had me a LITTLE worried that maybe my hard drive was going bad. So I downloaded a hard drive monitoring tool and have been keeping a close eye on it. Everything seems fine. I'm thinking it's just something messed up with Windows.

Has anyone ever encountered anything like this? Any diagnostic tools to recommend? Something in the BIOS maybe? Any other tips?

Thanks How much free space do you have on your hard drive?

How much RAM do you have? Quote from: JJ 3000 on November 18, 2008, 11:45:45 PM

How much free space do you have on your hard drive?

PARTITION 1 (where Windows is): 24 out of 65GB
Partition 2: 136 out of 400GB

It's a 500GB drive, but you know how that goes.

Quote from: JJ 3000 on November 18, 2008, 11:45:45 PM

How much RAM do you have?

4GB, though when I right click My Computer, it says 3.50GB (this is actually the first TIME I've noticed that, could be because I run 32-bit XP?)How long has this been happening?
Have you tried doing a system restore to before the problem started?

I'm not sure if this will help but you could try this:
Go to Start then Run and type in sfc /scannow
and press enter. Have your windows CD handy. It will ask for it.I'm CURIOUS now. What will sfc /scannow do? Quote from: mnkypprs on November 19, 2008, 04:30:10 AM

I'm curious now. What will sfc /scannow do?

Nice description here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080112115933AAnbRJV Quote

4GB, though when I right click My Computer, it says 3.50GB (this is actually the first time I've noticed that, could be because I run 32-bit XP?)

That's correct.

Solve : File operations causing explorer.exe to hang/crash (XP Pro).?

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