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buksida
December 9th, 2003, 09:44 PM
Whenever using Windows Explorer in XP I find that if an unreadable CD or floppy is accessed the whole thing freezes up (program not responding) and I cant even open Task Manager to end it. Pulling the plug is the only option. Is this normal? anyone else seen this behaviour?
NooNoo
December 10th, 2003, 10:59 AM
How long do you leave it for?

It will keep trying to read it and give up after about 10 minutes.
Froghead
December 11th, 2003, 03:47 AM
Yep, noticed it too, especially with floppy disks.
Wonder why?
Tekboy
December 11th, 2003, 11:43 AM
Yep, noticed it too, especially with floppy disks.
Wonder why?

I don't really know why, but my experience is that if I remove the offending disk, the machine responds again.
NooNoo
December 11th, 2003, 01:39 PM
Because it don't know when to quit....
buksida
December 22nd, 2003, 06:21 AM
Ten minutes is usually about 9 minutes more that i'm prepared to wait :guns:
Any ideas why its only XP that does it and not 2K ?