JonDeMassey still with slow op problem after HDD installation

[jondemassey]

Oops mym thread sems to have disappeared

Anyway I have this reply to Platypus who was being really helpful.
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Yes Platypus, U R right!! 512 bytes in each cluster! I thought this was only supposed 2 hapn in early versions of XP. I am XP2000 SP2. What can I do about it please?

Viruses, spyware? I have Norton, Ad-Aware, Spybot & Spyware Doctor. They have been run independently and are not on auto-check.

I am now in Device Manager. Yes the Hitachi slave was in PIO mode but that's NOT the 1 I'm having trouble with. The slow op' is on the Samsung SV4012H, which, ironically, was on Ultra DMA mode 6 !?!

Where to from here ???

Oh yes........ Outlook Express seems to have lost its Address Book and all records prior to the NTFS conversion. I am being told to reinstall it! I thought you had to reinstall all of Windows XP to get any component of it!

If my data files are on drive F:, can I reinstall windows just on drive C: (so as not to lose the files) either by removing F: or separating it?

[Platypus]

Please see continued discussion here:

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthr...664#post612664