At 9:32 PM -0400, 5/16/05, Kevin Willis wrote: >Right now, I have used about 77 GB of a 120 GB drive. It changes >from day to day. As I burn disks, I erase the burned files. I also >record some TV shows over night. > >Defragging didn't help with the performance. I reckon I will try to >burn the rest of the files, then erase the disk to see if that >helps. I have Tiger installed on another 120 GB drive, but I don't >really want to put that drive through what I am doing to the other >drive. I also have a 40 GB drive that has my old Panther system on >it. I might erase it and use it to hold some of the files. > >Thanks, > >Kevin My local Fry's electronics store has a Seagate 160 GB hard drive for $54.99 after mail-in rebate. How can this not be a good answer to the problem? Personally I'd rather have an extra drive for backup and defrag than a $30 piece of software that MAY fix the problem. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>