Thx for the reply.
I do not mind to wait little longer for things to happen. I mean I let the processes run overnight for several days in the past.
No matter how processing intensive an operation might be, it must finish at some point right?
Bitcoin Core is able to start up and load the local 170GB blockchain below 30sec on this machine so the machine might be slow for todays measures but it certainly should be capable to get the work done in general.
Additionally, the local blockchain is not on a USB2 drive anymore but an a new intermnal SATA drive.
Anyway, just to startower. I deinstalled armory, deleted the database directory. Made a reboot, installed armory RC3 from github again, provided the custom path to the local blockchain using the CLI parameter "--satoshi-datadir" with the desktop shortcut.
Then I synced the blockchain with bitcoin Core, made a reboot again and started armory again.
Now I see "organizing blockchain" again for several hours. checking the log file I see this
2018-02-15 09:48:10 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:398 - Spawning DB with command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Armory\ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_BARE" --cookie --satoshi-datadir="F:\_bitcoin_new\blocks" --datadir="C:\Users\artur\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\artur\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
2018-02-15 09:48:10 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:679 - Executing popen: ['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Armory\\ArmoryDB.exe', u'--db-type="DB_BARE"', '--cookie', u'--satoshi-datadir="F:\\_bitcoin_new\\blocks"', '--datadir="C:\\Users\\artur\\AppData\\Roaming\\Armory\\"', u'--dbdir="C:\\Users\\artur\\AppData\\Roaming\\Armory\\databases"']
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1824 - Connecting on port 62445
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1924 - Setting netmode: 1
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1906 - loadBlockchainIfNecessary
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1198 - 3 attempts to load blockchain failed. Remove mempool.bin.
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1203 - File mempool.bin does not exist. Nothing deleted.
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1924 - Setting netmode: 1
2018-02-15 09:48:13 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:4673 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
What do the two errors about mempool.bin mean.
What exactly is happening now (CPU usage 50%)?
Is it worth to wait now or are those errors fatal?