Test for hard drive being sluggish?

I've got a hard drive that's about 2 years old and it's a little
sluggish, not as fast like when I just got it. I've done everything to
get it back to the way it was, I've tried defragmenting, registry
cleaning, spyware cleaning, you name it. I think it's either Windows
XP wanting a fresh install or the hard drive just getting a little old
and slower. What I would like to know is if there's a program that can
test my drive and tell me if it's the hard drive being a little
sluggish. Otherwise I'll know it's Windows XP.
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