Strange hangup in Windows

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Here's something strange that my pc has been doing lately. Whenever I go to copy, move, or delete files in XP, for some reason the system 'hangs' for about 30 seconds and then continues on with no issue.

I can't track down what is causing this. So I reformatted the drive and reinstalled again. But it still does this. It has to be a hardware issue, but I've removed each device to try to track this, to no avail.

Anyone else run into this issue, or seen this before?

Oh, BTW, its XP Pro, SP3.
1gig memory
40 gig HDD
100 gig External drive
Soundblaster live value
ATI x1300 video
System is an HP compaq
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Must be a hardware problem....seeing that you re-installed XP and it still happened, I'm ruling out that it couldn't happen through Windows Updates.

Also, when you say copy/paste/delete do you mean only with large or bulky or multiple files or it happens with every copy paste?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well now, I think I may have a solution for you. I own a computer repair company in Cleveland, Ohio and we run into this sort of problem more oftn than not. Your issue lies in one of 4 areas.

1)Your power supply is failing. (Most Common)
(Solution):Go to your local computer store and buy a Power Supply Meter.
Check supply, even if you only have 1 light out, thats 1 too many

2)Your Hard Drive is Failing.
(Solution):After Windows has completely booted up, click your start buton, then on the
right side click run. In the window that appears insert this:chkdsk c:/r
A command promt will come up telling you that checkdisk cannot run, do you want
to run it after next reboot? isert Y (for yes) and then enter. restart your
computer. CHKDSK will run and if there are errors in your hard drive it will
detect them and inform you of the results.

3)Your RAM is going failing.
(Solution):If you have extra RAM lying around, replace what you have with the new RAM. The
problem should clear up if that is the issue.

4)Your Proccessor is failing.
(Solution):This might be hard for you. We would insert your processor into a machine
designed to test processors. You will have to find a replacement processor to
install into your machine. (That is why this one is last.)

This (SHOULD) solve your issue. Hope it helped.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Stumpman,
Try disconnecting your CDROM or DVD player. When they start going bad they can cause what you are seeing. And never keep a CD in the drive, causes a similar issue. Windows Explorer explores all you sources and if the player has a problem it tries for a long time before giving up.