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The disk response tag covers issues where Windows systems become unresponsive or slow due to high disk response times, often measured in thousands of milliseconds. In Windows 7, users report that Resource Monitor shows disk response times between 5000-8000ms or even 14,000ms, correlating with system hangs and high disk active time. Common causes include bad sectors on external drives, corrupted files, or hardware problems, but standard diagnostics like HP tools may not detect the issue. Troubleshooting often involves checking Resource Monitor for processes with excessive disk response times and addressing underlying file system or drive health problems.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit on HP Probook 4530s stops responding

    Hi, My windows keeps getting stuck regardless of whatever software I am using. Every few minutes it says (NOT RESPONDING) at the top of whatever window that I have open. I checked task manager and there it says CPU Usage and Memory Usage is relatively low so that does not seem to be a problem...
    • fahadsh1
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    • cpu usage diagnostics disk response hp pavilion memory usage not responding performance issues resource monitor task manager windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 slow everything, bad files were culprit, but why?

    I just got a new i7 with windows 7 64 bit on it yesterday. Everything was slow, and I figured out why, but don't really understand why, or what I can do to keep it from happening in the future. Yesterday I attached it to an external NTFS drive that had a bunch of bad sectors, copied over...
    • discoross
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    • bad sectors data recovery disk response disk usage external drive file copy firefox ntfs performance performance issues profile issues resource monitor software conflict system processes system slowdown tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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