Solve : Bad Connection?

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Answer» Not sure if I am incorrect section. But here goes. I seem to have an ongoing problem with working with my external drive. When I first try to open up Microsoft Expression it can take ages (UP TO 10 MINUTES) to get in to the hard drive where most files are stored. Once I get in it then very often has problems SAVING as I update a file. Plus most of the time I seem to have the circular green-blue sign going round most of the time. I spend ages just staring at my screen going nowhere. Can anyone please help? I am on WINDOWS 7 Regards Quote On December 20, 2012, Microsoft announced[4] that the Expression products would be deprecated, with Blend becoming a standalone tool with Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and Expression Studio 4 Web Professional no longer available for sale but supported through their support lifecycle, Expression Design 4 and Expression Web 4 available as unsupported free editions, Expression Encoder 4 Pro available for purchase through 2013, Expression Encoder 4 remains available for download at no charge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Expression_Studio IF it were me, I would try two things. 1.) use an internal drive instead of an external. 2. ) Upgrade to a newer Studio product from Microsoft. Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web Firstly thank you for getting back to me Geek After Dark . Unfortunately I need to try and solve this WITHOUT throwing cash at the problem. These days OAP like me do not have spare cash to use, just have to find ways around. Hence my request up here for help. Expression works OK on my C drive its when I work on E drive (my external drive) that I have problems, this is where were 99% of everything I have LIVES. I can not place any of this onto E as it is mainly images and is a fairly large system So Is there an idiots guide to sorting out the pathways on my system Please. It would need to show me in layman’s language how to fix it I was told to try http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/malware_lp_form/ download and run free version of malwarebytes anti malware is a good start. I did this it found things wrong but has not solved the problem. Hope some one can help Ian There is a troubleshooting guide in another place on this forum. CH Troubleshooting guide The link will show a number of articles about computer troubleshooting. The most common problem is infections of computer virus. That is a major topic by itself. There is a place on the forum devoted just to that problem In hardware, the most common problem is hard drive weakness. The life of a hard drive is not easy to PREDICT. Some last for years, some fail all of a sudden. It is a goo idea to have a backup on a separate hard drive.

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Not sure if I am incorrect section. But here goes.
I seem to have an ongoing problem with working with my external drive.
When I first try to open up Microsoft Expression it can take ages (UP TO 10 MINUTES) to get in to the hard drive where most files are stored. Once I get in it then very often has problems SAVING as I update a file. Plus most of the time I seem to have the circular green-blue sign going round most of the time.
I spend ages just staring at my screen going nowhere. Can anyone please help? I am on WINDOWS 7
Regards Quote

On December 20, 2012, Microsoft announced[4] that the Expression products would be deprecated, with Blend becoming a standalone tool with Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and Expression Studio 4 Web Professional no longer available for sale but supported through their support lifecycle, Expression Design 4 and Expression Web 4 available as unsupported free editions, Expression Encoder 4 Pro available for purchase through 2013, Expression Encoder 4 remains available for download at no charge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Expression_Studio

IF it were me, I would try two things.
1.) use an internal drive instead of an external.
2. ) Upgrade to a newer Studio product from Microsoft.
Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
Firstly thank you for getting back to me Geek After Dark .
Unfortunately I need to try and solve this WITHOUT throwing cash at the problem. These days OAP like me do not have spare cash to use, just have to find ways around. Hence my request up here for help.
Expression works OK on my C drive its when I work on E drive (my external drive) that I have problems, this is where were 99% of everything I have LIVES. I can not place any of this onto E as it is mainly images and is a fairly large system
So Is there an idiots guide to sorting out the pathways on my system Please. It would need to show me in layman’s language how to fix it

I was told to try http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/malware_lp_form/ download and run free version of malwarebytes anti malware is a good start.
I did this it found things wrong but has not solved the problem.
Hope some one can help
Ian
There is a troubleshooting guide in another place on this forum.
CH Troubleshooting guide
The link will show a number of articles about computer troubleshooting.
The most common problem is infections of computer virus. That is a major topic by itself. There is a place on the forum devoted just to that problem
In hardware, the most common problem is hard drive weakness. The life of a hard drive is not easy to PREDICT. Some last for years, some fail all of a sudden. It is a goo idea to have a backup on a separate hard drive.

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