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Slow Hard Drive

Name: Amy
Date: July 17, 2001 at 16:49:30 Pacific

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I tested my PC at www.pcpitstop.com and it said my hard drive was slow. It's speed was 1.56 mb/s when it said it should be 2.22mb/s. I have noticed that some apps are slower to open and even boot up seems slower. Defragging didn't help. Is the slow speed something I can fix? Is it an indication of a failing hard drive?

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If you have Microsoft Office installed disable findfast.

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start/run/msconfig startup tab uncheck everything except for your anti-virus, scanregistry & SystemTray good luck! -kelly

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Name: Dave
Date: July 17, 2001 at 22:48:05 Pacific

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Is DMA enabled for the drive? Enable this only if your hard drive supports it.

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what type of hard drive is this? is it a real old one? like 3 year or older? TheGorx TheGorx.Com

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