Steve Urbach  wrote in   
   news:b5s6i8lhnc6o2hulsgp4gqhdel5dn0ao0i@4ax.com:   
      
   > Review what is sharing the USB Channel with the drive (and adjust )   
   >   
   > Temporarily exclude that drive from you A/M-Malware scan (it may be   
   > examining every file touched... Multiple times as compacting may touch   
   > the file more than once   
   >   
      
   Good ideas, thank you!  Would merely having other external drives mounted   
   degrade the performance if they are idle?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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