dioxide45

Hello,

I have DIS 2006 and have about 9000 photos in the library. DIS seems to
be running more slowly lately. Does archiving these help speed up the
program? I have a 100 gig hard drive of which about 50 gig is free. My
photos are taking up about 25 gig. This just appears to be a new issue, the
program ran reasonably well until recently. We have added a lot of new
photos recently. Does archiving actually remove the photos from the library?
Would moving them to a different drive outside of My Pictures help?

Thank you,

Jer

John Inzer

dioxide45 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have DIS 2006 and have about 9000 photos in the library. DIS
> seems to be running more slowly lately. Does archiving these help
> speed up the program? I have a 100 gig hard drive of which about 50
> gig is free. My photos are taking up about 25 gig. This just appears
> to be a new issue, the program ran reasonably well until recently. We
> have added a lot of new photos recently. Does archiving actually
> remove the photos from the library? Would moving them to a different
> drive outside of My Pictures help?
> Thank you,
>
> Jer
================================
When you first add images to the Library,
it has to populate the database... that could
be the cause of the slowdown. You'll see the
number remaining in the lower right corner
of the screen.

If that's not the cause...it could be a resource
issue. Maybe closing all programs before
opening the library would help and also doing
some maintenance could help:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also, running a virus program while the library
is open can slow your system if it is scanning
your files.

A larger hard drinve and more RAM would be
a good improvement and increasing the size
of your virtual memory paging file could help also:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

With the number of images you are cataloging
it would be a good idea to do regular backups
of the database.

You'll find it at:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\
POD\Pictures.pd3

If you wish to do a search for Pictures.pd3...
be sure to include "Hidden Files and Folders"

To restore the database...just drop your
backup copy in the POD folder and allow
it to replace the current one. Beware that
this database only includes thuimbs and
metadata...*not* the image files.

Finally...archiving does not move your images
from their original locations unless you choose
to delete after the archive. Then they are
completely removed from your hard drive
and can be accessed on the disk/s from
the library.

If you choose to archive and delete...I would
suggest that you make a backup copy of the
images first. If anything goes wrong during the
archive / delete process you could lose the
files.

--

John Inzer

John Inzer

dioxide45 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have DIS 2006 and have about 9000 photos in the library. DIS
> seems to be running more slowly lately. Does archiving these help
> speed up the program? I have a 100 gig hard drive of which about 50
> gig is free. My photos are taking up about 25 gig. This just appears
> to be a new issue, the program ran reasonably well until recently. We
> have added a lot of new photos recently. Does archiving actually
> remove the photos from the library? Would moving them to a different
> drive outside of My Pictures help?
> Thank you,
>
> Jer
================================
When you first add images to the Library,
it has to populate the database... that could
be the cause of the slowdown. You'll see the
number remaining in the lower right corner
of the screen.

If that's not the cause...it could be a resource
issue. Maybe closing all programs before
opening the library would help and also doing
some maintenance could help:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also, running a virus program while the library
is open can slow your system if it is scanning
your files.

A larger hard drinve and more RAM would be
a good improvement and increasing the size
of your virtual memory paging file could help also:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

With the number of images you are cataloging
it would be a good idea to do regular backups
of the database.

You'll find it at:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\
POD\Pictures.pd3

If you wish to do a search for Pictures.pd3...
be sure to include "Hidden Files and Folders"

To restore the database...just drop your
backup copy in the POD folder and allow
it to replace the current one. Beware that
this database only includes thuimbs and
metadata...*not* the image files.

Finally...archiving does not move your images
from their original locations unless you choose
to delete after the archive. Then they are
completely removed from your hard drive
and can be accessed on the disk/s from
the library.

If you choose to archive and delete...I would
suggest that you make a backup copy of the
images first. If anything goes wrong during the
archive / delete process you could lose the
files.

--

John Inzer

John Inzer

dioxide45 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have DIS 2006 and have about 9000 photos in the library. DIS
> seems to be running more slowly lately. Does archiving these help
> speed up the program? I have a 100 gig hard drive of which about 50
> gig is free. My photos are taking up about 25 gig. This just appears
> to be a new issue, the program ran reasonably well until recently. We
> have added a lot of new photos recently. Does archiving actually
> remove the photos from the library? Would moving them to a different
> drive outside of My Pictures help?
> Thank you,
>
> Jer
================================
When you first add images to the Library,
it has to populate the database... that could
be the cause of the slowdown. You'll see the
number remaining in the lower right corner
of the screen.

If that's not the cause...it could be a resource
issue. Maybe closing all programs before
opening the library would help and also doing
some maintenance could help:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also, running a virus program while the library
is open can slow your system if it is scanning
your files.

A larger hard drinve and more RAM would be
a good improvement and increasing the size
of your virtual memory paging file could help also:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

With the number of images you are cataloging
it would be a good idea to do regular backups
of the database.

You'll find it at:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\
POD\Pictures.pd3

If you wish to do a search for Pictures.pd3...
be sure to include "Hidden Files and Folders"

To restore the database...just drop your
backup copy in the POD folder and allow
it to replace the current one. Beware that
this database only includes thuimbs and
metadata...*not* the image files.

Finally...archiving does not move your images
from their original locations unless you choose
to delete after the archive. Then they are
completely removed from your hard drive
and can be accessed on the disk/s from
the library.

If you choose to archive and delete...I would
suggest that you make a backup copy of the
images first. If anything goes wrong during the
archive / delete process you could lose the
files.

--

John Inzer