Disk Tranfer rated at 5.1, but slow as pond water

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GeekBoy

Yeah its true..when loading an application it seems to take forever. Also
loading data, eg Windows Mail loading list of news groups take LONG time
compared to a box with only 1/4 the power.

Its got a Maxtor UDMA 133 w/16 mb cache.

Sounds like the drive is doing a freaking defrag when it needs data/loading.
Installed only 6 months with little use and defrags /disk clean up a few
days ago with no difference.
Oh, and its the Business Edition.

Thanks

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I don't think it's your harddrive.
It sounds more like you don't have enough free RAM. How much RAM do you
have? Also, check if there are programs that use a large amount of memory.
 
Ronnievdl said:
I don't think it's your harddrive.
It sounds more like you don't have enough free RAM. How much RAM do you
have? Also, check if there are programs that use a large amount of memory.
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I got a gig and I have the performance monitor running. On average I use
between 50-75%.

I was planning to buy a 2 gig pair within two weeks.
The drive still runs like this even at 50% memory usage.
 
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