Master video/audio file locking up in WinXP.

[randyannie]

Hey everyone. Just last night, my dedicated video/music file started slowing down and hanging like crazy. My file structure is like this: C:\All Music Files\. This is where I store all of my video and audio files and I'm using Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 installed.

I don't really know what's going here, I'm very puzzled actually. When I clicked on my

All Music File

it opened just fine. But, then when I clicked on a video or audio file, withing said folder, it went into slow motion, sort of just hanging. I use Windows Media Player to listen to songs and preview video, but it just sat there saying, "Connecting". But, I also tried to open the files using Real Player, but it did the same thing.

Everything else on my PC is working fine: games, IE and Firefox, Outlook Express, etc. etc. My hard drive has just been defragged, AdAware has just been run, AVG Virus Scan has been run and came up with nothing. If I go into my all music files and click on a subfolder, it usually ends up locking up, and I have to ctl+alt+delete it to shut it down. Pretty freaky problem huh?

Thanks for any help that you are able to offer, Randy

[RabidDog]

re-install the corrupted file (probably video) from your backup. ... You DO have a backup dont you??

sort your files into many smaller directories to isolate which file is corrupt. Go into dos to delete the file if windows keeps locking up.

Ditch windows and windows media player go for linux or at least something like bsplayer

[Krispy Kritter]

I would run chdsk or something similar to verify your file structure/FAT integrity.