On Mar 14, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Richard ramsowr wrote: > dan > > I too have "systems works' ...it's my fall back tool > when all else doesn't work1 > > A while back I picked up something called "Cocktail" > along with "Mac Janitor" these small application toos > work great taking care of my day to day needs. > > I would simple say go out and pick them up today > ...also Mac Word also thanks highly of these items. > > "Cocktail" lets you fix and retore permissions on the > run. > Cocktail and Norton are two different animals having nothing in common. The question was speed disk. Get a newer version. That's it. Don't use disc doctor. Don't use the auto features. The only other program mentioned that might do a defrag is Techtool. It's good too. Jim