[Bug 392204] Re: Huge CPU usage by mount.ntfs process

2012-07-23 Thread Sam Geen
Out of interest, if I were to create a new partition for Ubuntu, what file system should it use? I'm guessing installing Ubuntu on an NTFS partition would be a mistake. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 392204] Re: Huge CPU usage by mount.ntfs process

2012-07-23 Thread Sam Geen
Well, sure. My issue is that I don't know nearly enough about Linux to look into this bug myself, and have no idea what combination of factors causes it to freeze my laptop every time I copy more than 10-100MB or so onto my root directory (a Wubi Ubuntu 12.04 install over Windows 7). Is it Wubi

[Bug 392204] Re: Huge CPU usage by mount.ntfs process

2012-07-09 Thread Sam Geen
Quick update on the above: I defragmented my hard drive last night, and it appears to be a little better than before, but I'm still seeing 100% spikes on mount.ntfs coupled with windows / the entire OS freezing for a few minutes at a time (I got the most recent one installing updates and buffering

[Bug 392204] Re: Huge CPU usage by mount.ntfs process

2012-07-02 Thread Sam Geen
I have the same problem (running Wubi with Ubuntu 12.04) and it's rendering my computer virtually unusable. I have also had this problem on a different computer running Wubi with Ubuntu 11.10. I have been using Wubi with Ubuntu 11.04 on the same machine with no problems in the past. All have been