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Old October 14th 07, 08:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
FRANZ
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Default A lot of drives could slowly win98?

Hello,

Could anyone help me with this question? A lot of drives (pendrive,
digital camera, printers, etc.) could slowly my system?

Thank you
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Old October 14th 07, 09:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Jeff Richards
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Default A lot of drives could slowly win98?

If a drive is not being used it will have no effect on your system other
than taking up a small amount of RAM for the driver.
However you should check that the drives that are flagged as removable are
not set to provide an auto-insert notification. Look in the device details
in device manager.
Also make sure that any process running in the background, such as your
anti-virus, is not trying to access non-existent drives.
If your system is slow when doing a specific task, such as opening a Save As
dialogue window, then that could indicate the system thinks that some drives
are available when they aren't.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"FRANZ" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Could anyone help me with this question? A lot of drives (pendrive,
digital camera, printers, etc.) could slowly my system?

Thank you



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Old October 14th 07, 09:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Jeff Richards
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Posts: 1,526
Default A lot of drives could slowly win98?

If a drive is not being used it will have no effect on your system other
than taking up a small amount of RAM for the driver.
However you should check that the drives that are flagged as removable are
not set to provide an auto-insert notification. Look in the device details
in device manager.
Also make sure that any process running in the background, such as your
anti-virus, is not trying to access non-existent drives.
If your system is slow when doing a specific task, such as opening a Save As
dialogue window, then that could indicate the system thinks that some drives
are available when they aren't.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"FRANZ" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Could anyone help me with this question? A lot of drives (pendrive,
digital camera, printers, etc.) could slowly my system?

Thank you



 




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