Firefox freezes when a harddrive it is not operating from is doing a lot of writing

Hey,
So I have 2 harddrives in my pc. I use one for writing a lot of data and another for my programs (this one is an ssd). I've installed firefox on the one used for programmes. When I dump a lot of data to my other harddrive, firefox stops responding. I would like to know why, because I know my pc can handle the data (when I dump data to the ssd I get 10x the performance).
Thannks for your time,
Maocx

Hello,
To find the correct solution to your problem, we need some more non-personal information from you. Please do the following:
# Use ONE of these methods to open the Firefox Troubleshooting Information page:
#* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click on help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Troubleshooting Information''.
#* Type '''about:support''' into the Firefox address bar and press the enter key.
# At the top of the Troubleshooting Information page that comes up, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
#Now, go back to your forum post, right-click in the reply box and select '''Paste''' from the context menu (or else click inside the reply box and press the Ctrl+V keys) to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.
If you need further information about the Troubleshooting information page, please read the article [[Use the Troubleshooting Information page to help fix Firefox issues]].
Thanks in advance for your help!

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