If the stock defrag finishes and you still see a slow machine my bet is it's not the fragmentation slowing the machine. There are some that spend weeks of each month running defrag and we can't help those.
But if you run Windows XP do try flipping the IDE channels to PIO and back to DMA first as well as being spyware and pest free.
Read http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx on how to flip the modes.
Use EWIDO and HOUSECALL and dump what they find.
I also see you don't have SP2. Very strange.
Bob
How do I defragment what seems to be permanently fragmented?
So, as most people seem to endure ? their computers get painfully slow. Regular defragmentation of key drives is usually a healthy activity that keeps the gears running smoothly.
The last time I tried to defragment my C:\ drive I ran into a few issues. The first was that it was 32% fragmented... explaining why I was having trouble getting the computer to successfully wake up from hibernation (though, Windows XP will be slow no matter what.) The second was that after a seemingly quick run at the defragmentation process, it would only drop to a still-painful 24% total fragmentation rate. The result was 7 or 8 files that have several hundred fragments, each that couldn?t be processed. These may have been key windows files.
How do I get my computer up to speed again?
System Specifications:
Computer
Model...................IBM Aptiva 2171-545
Operating System........Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack.........Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer.......6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
Motherboard
CPU Type................Intel Pentium III, 450 MHz (4.5 x 100)
Motherboard Name........IBM 66M2
Motherboard Chipset.....Intel 82440BX/ZX
System Memory...........256 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type...............Acer (06/30/99)
Communication Port......Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port......ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display
Video Adapter...........3 Graphics Inc. Savage4 (8 MB)
3D Accelerator..........S3 Savage4
Monitor.................Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 73 (N9705) (1655661YE)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter...........ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) Sound Card
Storage
Floppy Drive............Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive..............Quantum Fireball CR13.0A (12 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)
Disk Drive..............SAMSUNG SV1203N (120 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive...........SONY CD-RW CRX100E (4x/2x/24x CD-RW)
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 12409 MB (3879 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 114494 MB (65170 MB free)
Input
Keyboard................Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse...................Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)
Network
Network Adapter.........Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Modem...................GVC Data Fax Modem
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