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  1. December 9th, 2003, 09:44 PM #1
    buksida
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    Explorer Lockups

    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?
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  2. December 10th, 2003, 10:59 AM #2
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    How long do you leave it for?

    It will keep trying to read it and give up after about 10 minutes.
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  3. December 11th, 2003, 03:47 AM #3
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    Yep, noticed it too, especially with floppy disks.
    Wonder why?
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  4. December 11th, 2003, 11:43 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Froghead
    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.
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  5. December 11th, 2003, 01:39 PM #5
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    Because it don't know when to quit....
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  6. December 22nd, 2003, 06:21 AM #6
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    Ten minutes is usually about 9 minutes more that i'm prepared to wait
    Any ideas why its only XP that does it and not 2K ?
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