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Sometimes, when using the command prompt, the cd
command finishes quickly, but often it takes several seconds. What does it indicate? What's the bottleneck?
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Sometimes, when using the command prompt, the cd
command finishes quickly, but often it takes several seconds. What does it indicate? What's the bottleneck?
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A couple of things to try:
chkdsk
to find and fix errors with the filesystem and bad sectors on the hard drive.
Is the location you're trying to
cd
to a network resource, perhaps? Or maybe a hard drive that needs to spin up first? What happens when you try to open that location in Windows Explorer? – Indrek – 2012-06-08T08:42:20.310it's a hard drive. that location does open, but slowly. – prongs – 2012-06-08T08:43:12.860
A couple of things to try: 1) defrag the hard drive; 2) check SMART attributes with HD Tune or similar utility; 3) run
– Indrek – 2012-06-08T08:47:36.060chkdsk
and see if it reports any errors.how do i find the spinning speed of the hard disk? – prongs – 2012-06-08T08:58:47.560
HD Tune or Device Manager can give you the model number. Type that into your search engine of choice and you should find the specs, including the rotational speed. – Indrek – 2012-06-08T09:03:00.020
IDE\DiskHITACHI_HTS722010K9SA00_________________DC2ZC75A
. Google is not very helpful – prongs – 2012-06-08T11:43:41.243Here, let me Bing that for you. That's a Hitachi Travelstar 7K200, 100 GB, 7200 rpm, 16 MB cache.
– Indrek – 2012-06-08T11:58:43.933@Indrek: thanks for the tip.
chkdsk
really did work. It removed a lot of bad sectors and my lappy is fast again. :) – prongs – 2012-06-11T11:03:07.667Good to hear :) I've posted my comment as an answer; consider accepting it so others who find this question can immediately see what fixed the problem for you. Also, keep running
chkdsk
regularly to see if the drive deteriorates further. If it does, back up your data and buy a new one as soon as you can. – Indrek – 2012-06-11T15:36:44.927