chkdsk running slow

Hi;

Up until 2 weeks ago whenever I ran my weekly chkdsk, it took about 45
minutes to run.. Now when I run it , it takes 2½ hours. What would cause
this and how can I fix this?

Chkdsk reports that there are no bad sectors or any major errors on either
partition. The major portion of the delay seems to occur in stages 4 & 5 is
test.



My computer:
make : generic
cpu: GHz
RAM: 1½ gbts
hard drive; partition C: 74.2 GB free space 46.1 GB
partition F: 158 GB free space 155 GB
slightly less than 1 year old

operating system" Windows XP Pro SP2

Have a good day,

Mel Marcovitz




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