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Old April 16th 06, 06:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Default External hard drive causes XP freeze

I had an extra SATA drive, so I bought an external drive enclosure for it.
I use it to back up files. But when I do anything that requires a lot of
I/O activity, like running MSBackup on 35 gigs of files or Disk
Defragmenter, the entire computer locks up completely. It just freezes in
the middle of whatever it was doing, and I have to hit the reset button.

Any idea what might be causing this? Thanks.


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