First partition on the 80 Gig is 10 Gig and 70% full (system partititon), 70
Gig remainder on the first disk is around 20% full ...
Second disk is around 90% full ....(one partition )
Cluster sizes are 4K, 16K, 8K respectively ...
ALl the files were just coiped over so no fragmentation yet, system freshly
installed. Norton Antivirus is uptodate , no spyware. I had this problem
even after reinstallling XP fresh and copying all the files over to their
places after a disk upgrade.
OK, Bill,
Lots of question now.
Do you notice performance problems copying C: to C:, C: to D:, or D:
to D:? Or all of the above?
D: at 90% is pushing it.
Don't bet on no frag imm after copy. I'd have thought so too, but
each time I reload my system (did two of my XP systems about half a
dozen reloads this month), I'd install Symantec Utilities, and the
first time running Speeddisk, it would find plenty of defragging to
do. What utility do you have for monitoring / defragging?
Find out if you're hitting a performance barrier. Start Performance
Monitor (Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Performance). Add
some metrics. I'd watch (Memory - Available bytes), (Paging file -
%usage), and (Processor - %utilisation) in general, then various
metrics under Physical Disk and Logical Disk, like % Disk Time, % Disk
Read Time, % Disk Write Time, Disk Reads / sec, Disk Writes / sec, and
in various combinations for total, drive C:, drive D:. Run PM while
you do a copy or two, and see where the performance peaks.
See if you have a software problem. Get Process Explorer (free) from
<
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. Provides
way more information than Task Manager.
No spyware (how do you know?)? Or no spyware protection? If the
latter:
Start by downloading LSP-Fix from <
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>,
and CWShredder from <
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>.
First, run CWShredder.
Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis
<
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&D
<
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download>, both of
which are free and very trusted crapware detectors and removers.
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"),
then run a scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all
recommended deletions.
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately.
Save the Log.
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the
following forums (and post it here):
<
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<
http://63.247.79.145/~coyote/forums/index.php?act=idx>
<
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php?board=17>
<
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=8a1e9d7c1978cff54ca06a3210c7c1b0&showforum=32>
<
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/index.php?s=68ddc23721b063d5411ece09e5ac93f9&showforum=11>
(Any of the above forums may not be available because of an ongoing
DoS attack, so try another as necessary). All of these forums appear
to be rather busy right now, so be patient.
If removal of any of the spyware affects your ability to access the
internet (some spyware builds itself into the network software, and
its removal may damage your network), run LSP-Fix.
Have fun.
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
) 25 years of doing