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EDIT: Windows 8 fixed this problem which was still present in Windows 7 as of 2014.
I simply right clicked on an external drive > Properties > Tools > Check Now and CHECK both options. The operation was eating up all my RAM. Trying to open up other folders on the computer resulted in a black screen. I have 3 GB of RAM on an i7@4GHz.
When the scan finished, Memory usage went back down, everything went back to normal. What's going on?
EDIT: Would you please confirm this if you have Windows 7 + a large External drive. [Mine was a 200GB drive in a USB enclosure.]
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Intel i7 920 [211] BCLK x 19 = 4.0 GHz @ [1.4500] CPU Voltage & [1.35000] QPI/DRAM Uncore Voltage, Batch 3836A394
3 x 1GB G.SKIL DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) [DDR3-1691MHz] 10-10-10-24 @ 1.64 DRAM Bus Voltage
ASUS P6T Deluxe v.1 [LGA 1366 Intel X58] BIOS 1102
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT with 120mm Scythe S-Flex F fan
ASUS EAH4850 TOP Radeon HD 4850 512MB @ 680 MHz GPU & 2100 MHz Memory
Antec nine hundred case, two front 120mm fans, one back 120mm Fan, one top 200mm fan
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W
I simply right clicked on an external drive > Properties > Tools > Check Now and CHECK both options. The operation was eating up all my RAM. Trying to open up other folders on the computer resulted in a black screen. I have 3 GB of RAM on an i7@4GHz.
When the scan finished, Memory usage went back down, everything went back to normal. What's going on?
EDIT: Would you please confirm this if you have Windows 7 + a large External drive. [Mine was a 200GB drive in a USB enclosure.]
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Intel i7 920 [211] BCLK x 19 = 4.0 GHz @ [1.4500] CPU Voltage & [1.35000] QPI/DRAM Uncore Voltage, Batch 3836A394
3 x 1GB G.SKIL DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) [DDR3-1691MHz] 10-10-10-24 @ 1.64 DRAM Bus Voltage
ASUS P6T Deluxe v.1 [LGA 1366 Intel X58] BIOS 1102
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT with 120mm Scythe S-Flex F fan
ASUS EAH4850 TOP Radeon HD 4850 512MB @ 680 MHz GPU & 2100 MHz Memory
Antec nine hundred case, two front 120mm fans, one back 120mm Fan, one top 200mm fan
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W
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