Turned off FX
I'm now worried my hard drive is slowing down (It's old) It's also making some new noises.

You might want to do a quick check of the drive. In My Computer or Explorer right click on the drive and select Properties. Select the Tools tab. Click on Check Now. Deselect "Automatically fix file system errors" (this usually forces it to prompt you if there is an error but you can leave it selected if you prefer) and select "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. It can take a while. This won't detect all physical problems but it will check to make sure there are no bad sectors which can cause read/write problems and really mess things up. Better to know in case you need to start backing things up. Apologies if you already know this.

It said "unable to check for errors" Or something like that.  Automatically fix file system errors was unchecked.
All C drive functions seem very slow so I'm thinking it's not Sonar and I'm now looking for a replacement computer ASAP.
I'll do a search here for the ideal specs to handle Sonar and my architectural program (Softplan).
I assume it will be a Windows 7 system.
Thanks so much guys
Glenn

That's probably your best bet if that's an option from the sounds of things. Cheers

Years ago with my trusty Sonar 4 my win XP computer I experienced a similar problem. That PC had two hard drives installed, so when I moved a song project onto the C drive it sputtered in a different manner
 
I was stumped, tried defrag and other utilities.

What I finally noticed was if I attempted to process a file through T Racks, the progress bar stumbled,

It was both hard drives that went crappy, they worked, but there write speed was not up to par

Lesson learned after that, in the drive bay, space the drives apart, if possible 

 

Could be that your reached your picture cache limit.  That would explain a sudden issue when everything else seems fine.  Have you checked this already?  Once you reach the limit your system will start choking.  You can bump up this parameter or delete picture files.

guitartrek


Could be that your reached your picture cache limit.  That would explain a sudden issue when everything else seems fine.  Have you checked this already?  Once you reach the limit your system will start choking.  You can bump up this parameter or delete picture files.

That'd be cheaper than a new system.

SToons

guitartrek


Could be that your reached your picture cache limit.  That would explain a sudden issue when everything else seems fine.  Have you checked this already?  Once you reach the limit your system will start choking.  You can bump up this parameter or delete picture files.

That'd be cheaper than a new system.

 
Absolutely!  The picture cashe thing can play with your mind until you discover it.  And then you wonder why something so simple can cause so many problems.  It would be nice is Sonar would give you some sort of a warning message when you reach the limit.

How do I check my picture cache limit?

I do have other issues that relate to the computer rather than Sonar.
Altho most programs work fine once open, opening them, or pretty much anything to do with windows management is really slow.
EG right clicking on anything takes about 20 seconds to respond.
EG enabling an open window on the bottom task bar is similar
I hear a new (HD accessing?) sound that goes 4 times "KKKK, KKKK, KKKK, KKKK" every 10 or 15 seconds.
I have defragged and scanned for viruses.

I hear a new (HD accessing?) sound that goes 4 times "KKKK, KKKK, KKKK, KKKK" every 10 or 15 seconds.

That's the sound of a hard drive biting the dust. I hope you have a good backup. 

Yeah that's what i'm thinking too.
and yes I'm backed up.
Thanks.
New computer Monday I'm thinking.