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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1276055" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>My thought is that this disk is on its way to a catastrophic failure. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>Disk reads and writes have hardware error checking built-in. When the error check on the read or write fails, the disk microcode re-reads or rewrites the block that had the error. But it does not do this just once -- it retries many many times (a 100 times or more) If the read or write eventually succeeds, no error is reported to the application (MP). So you can get into the situation where MP does not detect an error, but the disk performance slows down dramatically. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /></p><p></p><p>If you performed a "chkdsk" on the drive, that checks only the integrity of the file system, and won't report errors that the disk microcode detected. I think that it would be worthwhile obtaining the disk manufacturer's disk-checking tool, and see if that detects any problems with the disk. Alternatively, there are various freeware tools that will report the disk's SMART information (which may provide a clue).</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1276055, member: 141969"] My thought is that this disk is on its way to a catastrophic failure. :eek: Disk reads and writes have hardware error checking built-in. When the error check on the read or write fails, the disk microcode re-reads or rewrites the block that had the error. But it does not do this just once -- it retries many many times (a 100 times or more) If the read or write eventually succeeds, no error is reported to the application (MP). So you can get into the situation where MP does not detect an error, but the disk performance slows down dramatically. :cry: If you performed a "chkdsk" on the drive, that checks only the integrity of the file system, and won't report errors that the disk microcode detected. I think that it would be worthwhile obtaining the disk manufacturer's disk-checking tool, and see if that detects any problems with the disk. Alternatively, there are various freeware tools that will report the disk's SMART information (which may provide a clue). -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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