Windows 7 - Crash when copying large amounts of data

[Meeko]

Hi guys,

Wonder if anyone can help. I installed Win7 (x64) on to my system last night and have been suffering from a major issue.

Before I wiped my system to install Win7, I copied my entire Music and Video collection (70Gb and 50Gb respectively) to an external Western Digital 250Gb hard drive.

After I got W7 up and running how I want, I tried to copy this data back to my C:\ drive.

Unfortunately, the copy process seems to completely hang the system and I have to hold the power button in for 4 seconds to turn off the machine. There are no crash reports etc - The system just simply hangs (at random - further it has got through the copy process is about 7%) with the Copy dialog still on screen (but not updating), mouse cursor will not move etc.

Had anyone experienced this fauly before and knows a solution?

Cheers,
Graeme

 

[Meeko]

I downloaded the latest chipset drivers from the nVidia site (nForce 630i) and have tried a couple of different USB ports.

The 'activty light' on the external HDD continues flashing once the system has hanged but apart from that, there are no other signs of life. Keyboard and mouse unresponsive, HDD light on system unit doing nothing.

Engram - cheers for the suggestion. I'll give that a try tomorrow (out on the lash tonight so wont get a chance).

 

[Meeko]

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Cheers Jimlad. I do indeed have a built in card reader so will try that approach before I go down the route of sourcing another PC or dismantling the drive.

Thanks for all your suggestions guys.

I'll let you know the outcome once I get a chance to try it again tomorrow.

 

[Meeko]

Cheers for all the suggestions guys.

After a lot of messing around, I eventually got my data copied over.

I borrowed my mates laptop (XP) and attached the USB HDD to that, and then mapped it as a network drive from my own PC and copied the files that way. Took a while, but all solved now!

 

[Meeko]

its not solved though, its a work around, did you try disabling the card reader cos that solved my issue, and i have heard other with the same issue

Well, yeah, I've worked around the issue rather than solved it but I've got my music back on my PC now so that saves me having to rip all the CDs again.

I did try disabling the card reader but unfortunately, that never worked so I had to resort to the approach I took in the end.

Apparently MS have recognised a problem with 64bit Vista/7 and mainboards with nForce chipsets when using USB devices. Unfortunately, they are not yet producing a fix as they feel it should be nVidia that solve the issue rather tham themselves. Just glad I don't have any more data that I need to transfer back to the PC!