Jkdefrag is a free defragger that is much better (and faster) than the native defrag utility. I use it on my XP machines.
http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/ Also, XP SP3 is said to have a 5%-10% performance improvement over SP2. Defrag before applying the service pack. > -----Original Message----- > >You can probably speed things up tremendously by reinstalling the OS; > >certainly as much as a new computer, anyway. There have been no big > >improvements in SATA lately, so that's probably as fast as you can do > >disk-wise with a new machine. > > Try refreshing the drives by running the Windows defrag utility. Run > the > error checking utility first. > > Note how many programs you have open at once. See what happens when you > keep the number to a minimum. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
