I suspect both problems are connected.
Since the scan stops around the end of the first HDD.
OS: Win XP with SP3
Avast! 4.8.1296
VPS: 081227-0
new E8400 - Gigabyte EP45-UD3R - 4GB Ram (restricted to 3GB by the BIOS)
HDD0: 250GB Samsung HD252HJ (~19,5GB used)
HDD1: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ (~12,2GB used)
both HDDs are 1 Partition each over the whole disc with a 5GB hidden image partition from the OS on the first HDD
"Thorough Scan with Archive files" or "Standard scan without archive files"
After about 10 min the scan doesn't advance, the actual file displayed is a random from the c:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows...
Half an hour later i get bored (also left it over night, no change) and hit the stop button, sometimes it takes 10sec sometimes the stop reacts immediately.
No freezes elsewhere in the system.
When i select only the C-Drive in the explorer and let that scan it runs through without findings.
But when i select the second HDD then i keep on waiting for the scanner to initialize.
The same happens when i only select a folder on the second HDD and try to scan it.
Is it possible that the scanner can't handle the 1TB drive?