Re: Test for hard drive being sluggish?



JimmyK <nun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> 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.

That last doesnt happen.

> 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.

If you'd used HDTach initially, and saved the data, you could
run it again now and see if anything has changed. Too late now tho.

> Otherwise I'll know it's Windows XP.

I'd have a look at the SMART data with Everest
and see if its slow because its retrying on errors.
Post the Everest data here.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181


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