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

GB

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.


"GeekBoy" wrote:

> 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
>
> GB
>
>
>
>

"Ronnievdl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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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.
>

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.



>
> "GeekBoy" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> GB
>>
>>
>>
>>