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Why does the "My Computer" icon take so long to show the drives?

I have a standard 2003 PowerEdge Server. Fast Processor and six 146gig SCSI drives 15krpm. When I click on the "My computer" icon it takes 5 minutes or longer to show the drives. Any ideas why?
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Actually yes. I just found this one. It is consistent with trying to open My Computer. But the drive is there.

"Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      Cdrom
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      7
Date:            9/10/2010
Time:            8:06:05 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      CLEARTEST
Description:
The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 bc 00   ..h....
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0   .......
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0   ....?..
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00   .?......
0028: 83 90 1b 00 00 00 00 00   ?......
0030: ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00   ....
0038: 40 00 00 c4 02 00 00 00   @......
0040: 00 20 0a 12 48 02 00 00   . ..H...
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00   ........
0050: 00 e0 58 89 e0 a2 03 8b   .X?.?
0058: 00 00 00 00 98 37 48 8b   ....?7H?
0060: 02 00 00 00 10 00 00 00   ........
0068: 28 00 00 00 00 10 00 00   (.......
0070: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0078: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0a   p.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00   ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
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Ok. So I uninstalled the CDRom and now it opens like lightning. So I have a issue with the CDROM. I should have looked in the event viewer. Duh.
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I just didn't think to look in the event viewer. One guy recommended it and the other guy mentioned the drives. I saw the cdrom error and knew immediately what it was. Uninstalled it and everything really took off lightning fast.
cool, glad to hear you got it resolved! :)