Pretty Slow Scans

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ilyabyk83

Hello people. I have one big problem. My scans take VERY long time to complete. Over an hour. Two internal drives:
1 - 495 G - 1 G Taken
2 - 232 G - 58.3 G Taken (my OS is on it)
And one external, which is disconnected for the time of the scans.
You can tell me what to run to show you the exact memory, if you wish. Thank You for your help.

 

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Meaning, AV scans?
 

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System One

  • CPU
    AMD x2 Dual Core 3600+ 1.9GHz
    Motherboard
    GigaByte GA-M55SLI-S4
    Memory
    2GB DDR PC2 5300 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GTS 250 512mb
Scans as in Anti-virus scans? Or scans as in put the picture in the computer scan?

~Lordbob
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5QC
    Memory
    2x2GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9500GT 1Gb
    Sound Card
    Mobo
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2514N ATA 250Gb 7200RPM Samsung [Model] 1Tb 7200RPM SATA2
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
    Mouse
    Razer Lachesis
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Internet Speed
    not fast enough
Its going to take how ever long to scan your drive cause you have 58.3GB used on your drive. Also you can make it not scan your games folders and what ever else you don't want to be scanned.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec) 7200 rpm Western Digital 160 GB IDE
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    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
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    Stock
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
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    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
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    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
mansrm81 said:
Its going to take how ever long to scan your drive cause you have 58.3GB used on your drive. Also you can make it not scan your games folders and what ever else you don't want to be scanned.
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Do you see the amount of RAM I have, and my CPU speed??
 

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What's your anti virus product? Is it the automated nightly scans (assuming they're being used) that is slow, or when you manually kick something off?

There are different levels of scans as you're probably aware (high level, deep, super deep) that behave differently, plus other options such as whether to scan within .zip files and so forth
 

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System One

  • CPU
    AMD x2 Dual Core 3600+ 1.9GHz
    Motherboard
    GigaByte GA-M55SLI-S4
    Memory
    2GB DDR PC2 5300 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GTS 250 512mb
judge1974 said:
What's your anti virus product? Is it the automated nightly scans (assuming they're being used) that is slow, or when you manually kick something off?

There are different levels of scans as you're probably aware (high level, deep, super deep) that behave differently, plus other options such as whether to scan within .zip files and so forth
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These are scans that I start myself. Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 (uninstalled at the moment) and Kaspersky Internet Security 2009. I run both on my own. Ad-Aware scans (usually FULL scans) I run 4-6x a week, and my virus scans I usually run every other week. This all has dramatically changed, after I added the second hard drive of 465 G to my computer. Either of two full scans took 20-25 minutes to complete. That second new HD has my *.pst file of my Microsoft Outlook, which is pretty big, 2.5 G. But there is nothing else on it, really. I did a format and reinstalled my OS, but nothing really changed, I think this all has to do with that second drive. But the only thing on it, is my *.pst file. Any thoughts??
 

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If you run a scan yet exclude the new HD, does the timing go back to 20-25 minutes?

If you then run a scan on only the new HD, does it take a long time?

Is both Ad-Aware and Kaspersky taking approx 2 hours when scanning both drives?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD x2 Dual Core 3600+ 1.9GHz
    Motherboard
    GigaByte GA-M55SLI-S4
    Memory
    2GB DDR PC2 5300 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GTS 250 512mb
judge1974 said:
If you run a scan yet exclude the new HD, does the timing go back to 20-25 minutes?

If you then run a scan on only the new HD, does it take a long time?

Is both Ad-Aware and Kaspersky taking approx 2 hours when scanning both drives?
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Both take the same amount of time. Yes
Now, I don't think the new HD has anything to with it. Like I posted earlier, there is not much on it.
I'm afraid - Exclusion - is not an answer here. Something needs to be tweaked. I even reformatted my system cause of this. No difference.
 

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judge1974 said:
If you run a scan yet exclude the new HD, does the timing go back to 20-25 minutes?

If you then run a scan on only the new HD, does it take a long time?

Is both Ad-Aware and Kaspersky taking approx 2 hours when scanning both drives?
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Do you maybe want some screen shots??
 

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How many files and folders on each drive? My workstation has 1.1 million files and takes a few hours to scan.
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
How many files and folders on each drive? My workstation has 1.1 million files and takes a few hours to scan.
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Drive C: - 87,761Files, 12,801Folders - Size 249,997,291,520 Bytes
Drive D: - 565Files, 493Folders - Size 500,104,587,616 Bytes
 

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I don't understand why you don't want to *try* something when you stated that prior to adding the second hard drive, it only took 20-25 minutes. Logic tells me you should exclude this new drive and see if the time taken to scan returns to 20-25 minutes

I can't help you if you're not willing to try things
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD x2 Dual Core 3600+ 1.9GHz
    Motherboard
    GigaByte GA-M55SLI-S4
    Memory
    2GB DDR PC2 5300 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GTS 250 512mb
Run error checking (chkdsk) and defrag. See if it helps.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
ilyabyk83 said:
SCSIraidGURU said:
Run error checking (chkdsk) and defrag. See if it helps.
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I doubt that this will make any difference. But how do I start "chkdsk"? I know where to find Defrag.

Windows Vista Ultimate
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scanresultsfk7.jpg


This is odd!! This is just my one drive. The one that was in here from the bigenning.
 

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SCSIraidGURU said:
Run error checking (chkdsk) and defrag. See if it helps.
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I found out the problem!!! I have 232 G and 495 G hard drives, even though that the big drive is empty, that is why my scans are so slow!!!

Does anybody know if this possible, to find an enclosure for 495 G hard drive, that will only run of one USB cable??
 

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USB drives are not that fast with small files. I would recommend firewire 800 drives for performance. USB has a lot of overhead on small files.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
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