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[!] Windows hangs for a while when performing disk operations [!]
[This is copied from http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/18 - Thanks to NIXin]
This is a severe low-level design problem. Applies to all of Windows and most software written for Windows. Vista made some progress with this, but still, it doesn't work as it should.
The problem:
Let's say you have a badly scratched CD (or even a good one, you'll still have to wait).
1. Put it in and close the tray.
2. Start "Computer"
3. You have to wait until the disk is finally read and initialized until you'll finally see all the icons and drives.
There are other examples of this. When you copy files from a crappy media, the whole explorer.exe process may hang for a while (so that includes your taskbar and desktop). Every file operation should be sandboxed (in separate process) so that when one operation has problems it doesn't stop other operations. That would also do good for problematic media and slow network connections.
Here's a video for you to see what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaBfFNKvmXw&fmt=18
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Reimplement disk access. Don't wait for one disk/network operation to complete in order to continue - multitask!
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Discussion (4 comments)
YES YES YES YES
This is such a SHIT.
You put in a scratched CD and Windows hangs for apparently no reason.
The same does happen if you have a installer auto-extracting EXE file which is >500mb. Windows takes forever loading the setup.
But as soon as you eject the disk anythin returns to normal as if nothing happened and just prompts "Insert a disk into drive X:"
This so annoying...
Every application hangs when doing this. Explorer, CMD... no matter which application tries to access the disk.
Definitely a big problem but they probably won't be able to fix it in time.
@nitrous9200:
How many years have they had to fix that...?
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it's already available:
Click on the "Organize" button in an Explorer folder, and then choose "Folder and Search Options" -> click the "View" tab -> Check "Launch folder windows in a separate process".
Changed title from [No sandbox for local and network disk operations] to [[!] Windows hangs for a while when performing disk operations [!]].
aatreya wrote on November 2, 2008, 6:51pm
Changed problem description.