Anyone have this problem?

I have copied over pictures from my CF card to my hard drive on my PC. When I open the folder containing the pics, the PC seems to hang, it takes about 2 minutes to finally get to view the pictures as thumbnails. This also happens if I try and "list, icon, or detail" the images in the folder.

I am thinking maybe the CF card contains hidden files that are copied over and the folder is loaded with numerous copies of the same cache type file. Anyone have any ideas as to why my PC hangs when I try to open a folder with pics from my Drebel. I just reinstalled the operating system and it still hangs.

They are all JPEG images, not RAW.

MY PC SPECS ARE:

1GHz Athlon Processor
1GB PC-133 RAM
128MB G-Force 4 Ti-4600 Vid Card
90 GB Hard Drive (partitioned to 30 and 60GB partitions) this happens on both partitions.
WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

I wonder if something is eating up your clock cycles. Do you use Ad-Aware and/or Spybot? If you have some spammy-based TSR running in the background, these two programs will find it.

yea, I ran it and it found nothing. This only happens for pics from my Drebel, everything else runs smooth as silk.

I dont have anything unecessary running, just my nortons anti-virus and the basics that Windoze needs to run.

Win XP looks at every file for dimensions and other meta data. if you have large files and a lot of them, it will cause a delay as your comp is comparatively slow for a system optimal for image editing of files from 6MP camera.

Your major bottle neck seems to be RAM at 133. is your HD 7200 or 5400?

Turn off XP's default "bells" and it'll speed up your system considerably.

Right click on "My COmputer" -> Properties
on Advanced tab go to Performance Settings. Pick "Best Performance".

this'll help a little.

I'm not an expert at this, but if it were me, I'd probably erase the CF card with the computer and then reformat it with the computer, followed by reformatting it with the camera before use.

I'm one of those "keep trying stuff until it works" kind of people.

My XP is tuned fine, I have turned all uneeded stuff OFF. It's not the RAM, I know its only 133, but a Gigabyte of RAM is more than sufficient. I am a HEAVY online gamer, so my machine can handle the work. It will hang even if I only have 10 pictures in the folder or 10,000. I burned all my pics to a DVD-RAM cd and deleted the folder, then defragmented my HD and still it hangs.

I am getting a MAC in the fall..... I cant friggin wait!

I also reformatted the CF card in both the PC and Camera and vice-versa. nothing.... I went as far as to take the cover off my case to cool it down think heat problem, nada....

Do you have anti-virus running? That will causes slowdowns, too.

Yes, Nortons 2004 Pro.

I have had the camera since February, and have not had a problem with over 1000 images on my pc and Nortons.

I deleted the 1000 images from my pc and and only have about 100 now and still it hangs. It just started to hang on day, and hasnt stopped.

If you have Norton System WOrks, use WinDOctor to find out where the bottle neck is.

Your 30GB partition is probably filling up to the point that XP is having a hard time moving swap files around. Also, I notice that as my Data HD fills up, it takes more time for my PC to open a folder full of RAW files. I have an 80GB HD for OS & Programs only. All swap and temp files are stored on the same drive where the photos are.

Regards,
Alan

Good point, Alan. I hadn't thought of that. I keep my swap file on a separate partition with plenty of room to grow. Old Win98 trick to keep it from getting fragmented.

My swap is on the 60GB drive, and my pics and OS are on the 30GB drive.
The 30 GB drive is only 48% used.

Grrrrrr..... I want my MAC!

Dang it! There's a fine line between a challange and a PITA and I think your computer has crossed it.

Lemme think - OK, is the HD with the swap file fragmented?

Great line Tom. I hope you don't mind if I use that on this side of the Mason-Dixon Line. :P
Scott

No real hidden files on the CF (caveat, being the restoration files on the Lexar Pro CF). Now, you might have a corrupted image file on the CF that never gets deleted/erased and might transfer and give you some fits. You should really format the CF after you transfer the files each time you put it back into the camera. It's quicker than erasing the images and ensures that you don't have any corrupted files on the CF.