search = freeze G4 PB
fairly new PB from July, latest model. 15' 1.5 g4, 1.25GB memory, and a 5200 80gig hard drive.
lately, i dont know what it is, but everytime i search for a file with finder (set to search "everywhere") it finds a few files right away, but then the whole computer just freezes, and i can hear the hard drive working, and this used to stop after a few minutes, but now its pretty much indefinite. i dont know what the problem is, could it be that I have too much data on my HD? i'm using 75/80 gigs, i dont understand what the point of getting 80 gigs is, if you can't use all of it without the computer slowing down.
I got System Optimizer X 4.5.4 (latest version), i ran the full optimization, rebooted.. computer was reallly slow, rebooted, again, but this time after the black screen, the grey screen didn't pop up for a few seconds, and instead of the apple logo, it was the old OS classic blue face, with a blinking question mark, really strange, i rebooted again and this time OSX loaded, everything seems to be fine, but still my searching is slow.. i dont know what to do, done everything, repaired permissions.. defragged
any suggestions?
lately, i dont know what it is, but everytime i search for a file with finder (set to search "everywhere") it finds a few files right away, but then the whole computer just freezes, and i can hear the hard drive working, and this used to stop after a few minutes, but now its pretty much indefinite. i dont know what the problem is, could it be that I have too much data on my HD? i'm using 75/80 gigs, i dont understand what the point of getting 80 gigs is, if you can't use all of it without the computer slowing down.
I got System Optimizer X 4.5.4 (latest version), i ran the full optimization, rebooted.. computer was reallly slow, rebooted, again, but this time after the black screen, the grey screen didn't pop up for a few seconds, and instead of the apple logo, it was the old OS classic blue face, with a blinking question mark, really strange, i rebooted again and this time OSX loaded, everything seems to be fine, but still my searching is slow.. i dont know what to do, done everything, repaired permissions.. defragged
any suggestions?
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I usually leave 10% of my HD free for the OS. Try to free it up a little and see if it helps.
i do a simple search for Limewire, it finds all the files, so i press the x on the bottom right of the window to stop the search, the hard drive is still going and finder still freezes for a minute, even tho the search is done.. wtf?
I've just put off fixing it b/c I'll be migrating here real soon...
i search, it finds a good amount of results, then everything completely locks up for a very long time.
do i really have to format to fix this?
what should i do