This is a well-know problem with Windows XP.
Solution: Turn off system restore or rename your database to .fdb instead of
.gdb.

btw, this is not a support list. You should post your questions in
firebird-support@yahoogroups.com

Artur

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hannes Streicher" <hstreicher@...>
To: <firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:08 AM
Subject: [Firebird-general] Firebird and Laptops


> Hi all,
>
> i am new to this list , and i am using firebird fro about a year now ,
> on a windows server , and on the road on a laptop,
>
> on the laptop i have a major inconvenience
> nearly every time i start the programm , firebird takes some 5 to 10
> minutes engraving (or whatever) my harddisk
>
> initially i thought this is the sweep but then on the road i do not
> have 20000 transactions from one day to the other
>
> the database is backuped on the server , the backupfile is copied to
> the laptop , and then restored,
>
> i am using win xp pro ,
> firebird is the sourceforge binaries for win32
> runing as a service
> and i observed this on all three versions 1.00 1,02 and 1.03
>
> is this a normal behaviour , or am i missing some settings ?
>
> thanks for the help in advance
>
> --
> regards
> Hannes Streicher mailto:HStreicher@...