HD Problem

[Robert]

Basically my setup is as follows:

160gb WD SATA C&D- Partitioned, with vista and XP Pro
320gb WD SATA F
320gb WD SATA G

These are all on the ICH8 controller of the DS3. Now say if I unzipped a folder from drive G to drive C my computer virtually dies. The file was 8gb in size. Basically my mouse jerks everywhere and the system becomes un responsive until the file has finished. My PC spec is:

DS3
E6300 @ 2.8
Geil 6400 Ultra @ 400 @ 55518
Xfi Fatality Pro
Samsung SATA DVDRW
8800GTX
Enermax Galaxy 850
Logitech G7
Logitech Ultra-X

Help :/ oh and I've changed the HD settings from SATA native to normal in the bios and it still does it.

[abeacock]

That is a pretty big operation to perform, what is your CPU and memory usage like when you do such a thing?

[Robert]

I don't know - because my PC becomes so unsresponsive I can't get to that info. If I move the same file from G to F everything is fine...

[killie99]

are you runing out of disk space on drive c and the swap file is being eaten up? Try moving the swap space to drive F and see what happens.

[Robert]

Space is fine at the moment.

[Robert]

Anyone else?

[IAmATeaf]

Do you get the same problem with the system running at stock speed?

Also have you checked the event logs to see if anything is being reported there?