Pagedefrag is free (and a good product too) but doesn't defrag the MFT.
Peter Kaulback
Clint - OrpheusComputing.com & ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
I use this one, it's free.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/PageDefrag.mspx
-Clint
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kaulback"
How you defrag the hard drive affects speed as well. By
defragmenting
the Master File Table or MFT a computer can recover much of
it's
original speed.
PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ has a
30 day
free trial and can defrag the MFT and the paging file (swap
space).
One should always back up there data before doing this type of
action,
but I have never had any data loss or corruption as a result of
it yet.
Running XP's disk check can sometimes be helpful as well.
HTH
Peter Kaulback
Paul Gene wrote:
Roger and Clint,
Thanks for your advice.
I do have an outdated Norton AV. Also AdAware and SpyBot. I
defrag
periodically.
I NEVER reformat. Haven't installed any applications.
I checked CPU speed at Posting at 2.50GHz/400MHz, CACHE
RAM=128KB; so maybe
BCM reported the slow speed wrongly.
Thanks, Paul Gene
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