frequent blocking of 30-60 seconds with the solid disk activity

I have a problem when VMware Workstation locks for 30 to 60 seconds, with the solid disk activity.  No reaction, even to things like no caps lock or num lock (virtual machine uses the keyboard extended; if I'm in the host, it shows the caps/numlock lights - i.e., VMware is busy and does not move the keyboard to the virtual machine, but does not lock the host)

Host and client are Windows XP SP2; I am running VMware Workstation 6.5.0 build 118166 (there is a newer version, but nothing in the release notes applicable looks to this)

Laptop has 4 GB of memory, 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo.

2 discs; system on a virtual machines on another (7200 RPM, 16meg cache)

I tested both S.M.A.R.T. drives - well within the parameters of "good".

I tried everything I can think with it - enabling/disabling virtual memory (XP) on the host or client, performance parameters, change the virtual computer's memory size, etc..

It happens sometimes strange - when I'm just typing (as in this sentence - it just did it) and is happening in the virtual machines that are different sizes of memory.  It seems to happen in all virtual machines, regardless of their size of the memory.  (I have VMs from 512megs upwards) It happens when I'm under VM only one or more - it seems worse when running more than one, but not linear. at the least not bad enough to keep me from running more than one.  (I usually use only one or two virtual machines) It never happens if I am not under VMware. If I'm just under apps on the host.

It does not matter what applications I use in the client.  Definition of VMware to keep everything in memory does not help.  Disable the removal of pages of memory doesn't help.  (which shouldn't matter if I run only 1 VM, would it?)  Newspapers are disabled. I have configured VMware to use the maximum of the reserved memory (3456meg).  There is no worse if I run apps in the host (usually just one editor, sometimes Firefox, sometimes Nero Burning Disc)

I am baffled by the latter.  It seems to be deteriorating lately, but maybe it's just my annoyance level Crescent...  I'm not sure; I think that way started when I went to this laptop, but I'm not sure.

Someone at - it ideas?

-Al Weiner-

Look over your logs, I see that you seem to have active VMware shared folders.  VMware shared folders have all kinds of strange questions.  Try to disable/turn off your VMware shared folders to see if that makes a difference.

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