Folder locations in Windows Explorer

[Silver]

I have a new system running XP PRO w. SP2 patch installed, 180GB harddrive formatted with 2 equal NTSF partitions -- C: holds XP & all the apps, D: holds my data files. I have 1GB RAM. I'm almost finished xferring apps & data from old to new computer. As I Copy/Paste the last significant folder tree of files (jpg files) from CD drive into D:'s folder hierarchy & begin opening each added folder & jpg in turn, at some point Windows Expl freezes: (a) "Windows Explorer has experienced a problem & must close." OR (b) The instruction at "0x7c93426d" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be read." OR Windows Explorer just disappears w/o message. When I drag the suspect folder or file higher in Window Expl's folder hierarchy, no problem opening! But another "lower-down" folder or file will freeze W.E. Is there some setting that needs adjusting-- related to folders or hierarchy? Also, if you think it's "corruption," what exactly gets corrupted? the Registry? If I must re-format something, I'm just hoping it's only partition D: & not the entire harddrive... any suggestions or help appreciated!
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[nffc]

It could be anything, could be a bad sector, a FAT problem or a dodgy RAM issue.

Run chkdsk with surface analysis on your next reboot, preferably overnight- and see what it finds.

Try the usual like running AV, AS etc, as well.

[Silver]

thanks for your suggestions. i'm a newbie, so please explain what AV, AS, etc. are. i'll run checkdisk tonight.

Silver

[nffc]

AV- anti virus
AS- anti spyware

[Make sure they're updated as well!]

[Jon M]

cool username

I'd agree with nffc, it sounds just like a bad sector. You may be lucky and find that it's only one corrupt file that is preventing the transfer.
You can usually narrow it down gradually by moving a subfolder at a time until you find one that won't move successfully.
Once you get that far, you can go down a level and move the individual files.. and subsequently find the dodgy ones, leave them and finish off the rest.

You may have a few that you have to leave to the firey death of formatting or the bin... but thats a small price to pay

[Raistlin]

You don't have PhotoShop installed by any chance do you?
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or something similar?

Maybe you've recently installed some image software, sound software, video software?

[iron25]

If it's a brand new hard drive then I doubt a bad sector would cause such problems and you can normally tell when it is a bad sector as it will struggle to read the file rather than just crash out of explorer. If the old hard disk had a bad sector then it would cause problems whilst copying and it sounds like it did not do this. I know windows does have limits in the number of folders in a tree as well as files in folders so it might be something along these lines because if it words higher up the tree, then it can't be the files. How many files & folders do you have?

The link below gives some facts about the size limitations:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tdrn.asp

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

cool username

I thought you'd say that

[Silver]

You folks have given me lots of GREAT new leads to research. Here is some followup to your questions & suggestions --
a) I'm obsessive about keeping McAfee updated daily, its firewall running, Adaware & Spybot checking 1-2x/week. So I don't think those are factors.
b) Interesting reading the M/S doc on files-naming issues & folder/file constraints for various file formats! My problem on this NEW computer really does seem related to its location in this dense hierarchy, so these constraints or similar still make the most sense to me. I'm sure I'm nowhere near 300,000 files yet, but plan to test the name issue anyway. That reference article is a keeper.
c) I do use Photoshop Elements, in fact. I used it on the old 98SE system where all these jpgs came from & w/o problem. Please tell me more...

Thanks so much for the suggestions & keep 'em coming. I'll report back after a few tests.
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