Mightysword wrote:Morkonan wrote:
How many pictures are in one folder and how are you accessing them?
I only use IrfanView as an example, I can access these folders normally. Plus when the drive start to act up, it'll lock up everything on the drive. I think whenever the problem happens it usually when I access these mega folders, and then it freeze up the drive. I wonder if the large file counts in these folders has some kind of effect.
Are you using a recent version of IRFanview? 32 or 64 bit? There are some issues to consider with filenames, possible long directory-tree structures, if you're not using a 64-bit version. (IIRC from some searching I did a couple of days ago when considering that program's possible input into this issue.)
It's also possible to hang a program with incompatible requests. For instance, I use a really old app to quickly scan for textures. It's what I "know" and it's lightweight, incredibly fast, and easy to use. (A very old copy of ACDC (ASeeDSee/whatever)) But, it can't read non-english characters. Most pics don't have those. But, in order to try to make sure I keep licensing straight, even on unlicensed textures I grab whenever I see something "cool", I will often edit the filename and paste in a reference I can google-foo if needed. If it's a non-standard-English character, the program will NOT read the file or display it. It is written well-enough, as a properly constructed program, to not fatally hang, though, even when presented with such things.
Blah,blah,blah - In short - If you can't duplicate this problem using the standard Windows file-explorer or other programs, I would seriously consider looking at your application as a potential trouble-spot. Download the newest version, since it's free, and try that to see if it reproduces the same faults.