yeah…that sounds like a more promising cause. I’m using two very full drives for media (280GB on a 300GB internal SATA, not the system drive of course, and about 440GB on a 500GB LaCie external)…you think that could be causing this problem? Could the fact that I recently downloaded QT7 (still running 10.3.9) also be an issue (I read that elsewhere in this forum)? Also, have you ever used, or trusted, Norton to “repair” and defragment discs?
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