Re: Memory/CPU usage of explorer.exe

John

Shadow wrote:
> John,
>
> I ran both virus scanners (Spybot Search & Destroy and System Suite 7)
> Professional in Safe Mode, including the external drive, and they both came
> up clean. The problem persists. The external drive has a 500 GB capacity of
> which about 78 GB is currently in use. The types of files on the drive
> includes .pdf, .jpeg, .bmp, mp3, .avi, .wmv, .rm, .cbr, .zip, and several
> types of word processor files. Except for most of the mp3's, the files are
> mostly either business or personal files. There are no programs or
> application files on the drive.
>
> The problem has been happening intermittenly for about three weeks, so I'm
> not sure which files may the source of the problem. The problem seems to
> exist in the entire drive and is not confined to any particular folder
> within. Some of the files were downloaded from FTP sites or websites.
>
> My computer has Service Pack 2 installed.

OK. In Safe Mode, open up Windows Explorer and open the drive there. Does it work in Safe Mode?