Re: Hard drive problem...

[chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU]

In article <199307170528.AA22472@unvax.union.edu> PEEKB@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Brian Peek, w/ A. Rauch ", CABBS) writes:
>or write process considerably.  At least I think it happens when it reads
>or writes to certain sections.  Could someone please tell me why it is doing
>this and how I could possibly solve it?  It has happened before, but now it
>is happening MUCH more often.  Thanks in advance for the help!

What you might want to do before going any further is to defrag the drive;
if the files on your drive are fragmented, it will impose a considerable
performance penalty. A good defrag program can be found in the utilities
bundled with ProSel.