System Lag When Accessing HardDrive

[eggyhustles]

My system lags when I paste files from one Hardrive to the next, it's an old 200gb ide drive that im using which has all my media files on it..im waiting for a new hd in the mail..but in the meantime im trying to watch a movie and can't..this started when one movie made the hd lag out of no where..now i cant get it to quit :(

[Sarsbaby]

My system lags when I paste files from one Hardrive to the next, it's an old 200gb ide drive that im using which has all my media files on it..im waiting for a new hd in the mail..but in the meantime im trying to watch a movie and can't..this started when one movie made the hd lag out of no where..now i cant get it to quit :(

As always, if you need help, we are going to need more system info.

Sounds like either your HD or Mobo is failing. More info please.

[Mathis]

Don't forget to detail what programs/OS/codec packs you are using. Is it just that particular file, or file type that is causing the lag?

[eggyhustles]

ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB
2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory
Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(main drive)
Western Digital 200GB Hard Drive(slave)
AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
DIAMOND ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Combo TVW650PCIE PCI-Express x1 Interface
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane

This rig was built in april..so its pretty much new..OS is windows xp service pack 2..my media player is media player classic and im using the k-lite mega pack codecs..this happened when i went to play a movie(grindhouse deathproof..great film btw) the file was in 720 so i figured maybe my cpu was bottlenecking..but other movies have worked fine before..now i cant even play a mp3 file without lag..

[burningcpu]

Does it do the same thing on your system drive? Is there always sound playing ont he files that it lags on?

[eggyhustles]

Does it do the same thing on your system drive? Is there always sound playing ont he files that it lags on?

system drive is perfectly fine..and yes the sound plays on the files

[shadowdr]

Run chkdsk :drive letter /v /x /r. It could be actively trying to reallocate a sector.
Just a shot in the dark but very possible, drives will lag terribly when a bad sector is present.

[tuskenraider]

Western Digital 200GB Hard Drive(slave)
Why do you list that as slave? Do you have an optical drive on the IDE channel as well? Either way, check the jumpers. The HDD should be the master if their is another device on the cable and screwing up the jumper relationship can cause problems such as this. If it's by itself, it should be configured as a "single" drive via the jumber on it. Another possibility is that your drive is not running in UDMA5 mode and might be in PIO mode which is slow as heck. Check your Device Manager for your IDE controller and verify this setting.

[eggyhustles]

Why do you list that as slave? Do you have an optical drive on the IDE channel as well? Either way, check the jumpers. The HDD should be the master if their is another device on the cable and screwing up the jumper relationship can cause problems such as this. If it's by itself, it should be configured as a "single" drive via the jumber on it. Another possibility is that your drive is not running in UDMA5 mode and might be in PIO mode which is slow as heck. Check your Device Manager for your IDE controller and verify this setting.

yes i have my cd drive on the ide channel as well set as the master..so should i set the cd drive to slave and the hd to master?...btw a reformat fixed the issue..so im assuming its a software problem..even tho i may be wrong

[tuskenraider]

yes i have my cd drive on the ide channel as well set as the master..so should i set the cd drive to slave and the hd to master?...btw a reformat fixed the issue..so im assuming its a software problem..even tho i may be wrongYes, I'd make the HDD the master. Glad you got it solved. You just may have had a problem with the MFT and the reformat fixed it. If you did a full format, it also would have flagged bad sectors to not be used and could be another reason it performs normal now.

[eggyhustles]

Yes, I'd make the HDD the master. Glad you got it solved. You just may have had a problem with the MFT and the reformat fixed it. If you did a full format, it also would have flagged bad sectors to not be used and could be another reason it performs normal now.

ok..so i should put the hd on the first channel on the ribbon or just add the jumper? or both? and do i set the jumper on the cd drive to slave?

[tuskenraider]

ok..so i should put the hd on the first channel on the ribbon or just add the jumper? or both? and do i set the jumper on the cd drive to slave?The hard drive should be at the end of the cable, but you can put it at the second if you can't physically do that. It's not recommended to do it that way, but I've had to do such a thing in the past with no problems. Set the HDD as master, or master w/slave if that is an option, then set the optical drive to slave.

[eggyhustles]

The hard drive should be at the end of the cable, but you can put it at the second if you can't physically do that. It's not recommended to do it that way, but I've had to do such a thing in the past with no problems. Set the HDD as master, or master w/slave if that is an option, then set the optical drive to slave.

ok so i set the hd at the end of the ribbon..set the jumper to master..set the cd drive to the 2nd and set it as slave..when i started up i got a message for about 3 seconds that says "verifying dmi pool data" then it proceeds to boot up..and it set my sata drive to slave..when its suppose to be the master

[shadowdr]

ok so i set the hd at the end of the ribbon..set the jumper to master..set the cd drive to the 2nd and set it as slave..when i started up i got a message for about 3 seconds that says "verifying dmi pool data" then it proceeds to boot up..and it set my sata drive to slave..when its suppose to be the master
One of two reasons it would show a sata as a slave. First if it is in the secondary sata port. They can be weird as to the slot number assigned, it is not necessarily top left primary like a book reads and so on. You should check the manual and make sure that it is the primary slot. Primary or slave makes no difference unless it is meant to be the boot drive in which case it will first check sata0 then sata1 and so on just like it will with ide.
Ok only one reason, I can think of.

[tuskenraider]

ok so i set the hd at the end of the ribbon..set the jumper to master..set the cd drive to the 2nd and set it as slave..when i started up i got a message for about 3 seconds that says "verifying dmi pool data" then it proceeds to boot up..and it set my sata drive to slave..when its suppose to be the masterThere is no master/slave with SATA, what is telling you it is a slave? If it's the BIOS, that's a poor way to tell you it isn't on Port 1. Either way, it doesn't matter as each SATA drive is it's own master on it's own channel and your IDE devices are now set correctly.

[eggyhustles]

One of two reasons it would show a sata as a slave. First if it is in the secondary sata port. They can be weird as to the slot number assigned, it is not necessarily top left primary like a book reads and so on. You should check the manual and make sure that it is the primary slot. Primary or slave makes no difference unless it is meant to be the boot drive in which case it will first check sata0 then sata1 and so on just like it will with ide.
Ok only one reason, I can think of.

it's in the 4th port..i can put it in the first..but not the 2nd or 3rd..as my videocard is long and blocks those ports

[eggyhustles]

ok..i tried it in the first port..computer wouldnt boot up at all..