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marko

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what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« on: March 31, 2005, 12:35:38 am »
[fixed] - debug logging was the culprit
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2005, 05:10:10 am »
Nothing unusual here. The startup takes about 3 seconds with a local library of about 30000 items and the HD does not spin after the startup.

MC 11.0.266, XP, 2.8 GHz P4, 1 GB RAM, no installed plug-ins besides G-Force
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2005, 06:39:22 am »
For me and .226, it takes 2-3 seconds from clicking the icon to having MC in place.
I have Playing Now, AudioScrobbler, DirectX with Ozone 3 plugins, but nothing else like the servers loading.
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2005, 07:23:39 am »
marko,

Do you have other programs running? One thing you could check is your available memory. It could be Windows itself making room by writing to the swap. For example, programs like Photoshop can keep a huge amount of undo data in RAM.

If it is not caused by RAM shortage (check also your temp space) could it be a combined effect of things like your installed plug-ins, your OS settings (indexing service etc) and virus/malware scanners?
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2005, 07:43:27 am »
Quote from: marko on March 31, 2005, 01:06:01 pm
the culprit? debug logging + undelete software.

.....anyhoo, turned off the logging and I reckon that'll be it sorted.

Are you saying you turned off logging in MC (or other program)

and this made things quicker ?
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2005, 11:16:17 am »
Nice find and thanks for the details.
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2005, 12:14:31 pm »
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I turned off MC's logging, and yes, it's quicker now.

how is this done?
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2005, 02:13:35 pm »
Quote from: marko on April 01, 2005, 12:33:15 pm
help > configure debug logging
-marko.

Sorry, don't find it. Could you give one more hint?
Thanks!
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2005, 02:15:36 pm »
It's under the Help menu in recent MC11 builds.  Maybe you don't have MC11?  If not, there is no logging.
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Re: what is MC doing @ startup? (major HDD activity thing going on)
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2005, 02:20:16 pm »
O.k., I'm blind. Searched within the contents of 'Help'. Now I get it.
Seems to be turned off by default.
Thanks
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