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Is my hard drive to blame for slowness?

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Mar 15, 2026837 views
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Problem

I'm running windows XP and I've noticed it has become quite sluggish in the past few months. Background: I have suspected a few programs, but I haven't found anything conclusive. By viewing my CPU and memory usage history (using process explorer) I don't think either of them are to blame. I'm think…

Error Output

Transfer Rate Minimum : 2.9 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 73.7 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 54.7 MB/sec
Access Time           : 17.7 ms
Burst Rate…

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I would suggest downloading CCleaner and Defraggler (both free) CCleaner CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard di…

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