Re: churning at startup....

From: Kristi (a_at_b.net)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:38:25 -0400

Gordon J. Rattray wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> With Windows XP Pro, it starts up and the hard drive churns and the hard
> drive light is on constantly for between 5 to 10 minutes until it finally
> settles down....
>
> I ran perfmon.msc and the Average Disk Quota is going through the roof....
> as is the memory. Yet it has 20 Gb free space on a 30 G HDD. I ghosted over
> to another hard drive and the same problem......
>
> I've cleaned up.... uninstalled Norton 2004 and reinstalled it and the same
> thing....
>
> Time for a clean re-install?
>
> Gordon

I trust you have defragged and ALSO done a directory defrag.
hth
(massive crosspost eliminated)
Kristi 

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