On 13 Jun 2003 at 9:08, Hannes Streicher wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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 ?

Most likely you have System restore ON and your database has .gdb
extension, so your "smart" XP are making a backup of it. The fix is
simple: turn OFF System restore XP feature, or change extension of your
databases (to .fdb for example).

Best regards
Pavel Cisar
http://www.ibphoenix.com
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