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To: Kathryn Anshutz who wrote (4317)	7/6/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110645

Disk defrag stuff ... First thing you must do is to get ScanDisk to work. Try the DOS scandisk first. Boot your system into 'Safe Mode DOS' by holding down the Ctrl key while booting and making the selection from the text menu: On my system it's option 4. You may need to change default directory with "CD \WINDOWS\COMMAND". Once here, your system is as 'plain vanilla' as it can be. Run ScanDisk, and if successful, run Defrag too. Hint: If Defrag seems to work, halt it and defrag at night. If you have a 'mess' to clean up, defrag could take hours, and you wouldn't want to waste your time. Cheers, PW.

To: Kathryn Anshutz who wrote (4317)	7/6/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

System monitor ... As a default, System Monitor indicates your CPU time. For your purpose, this may not be very useful. You'll need to add some values to monitor. This takes some detective work since the results of one investigation should point in which direction to continue your search. Try adding Thread Count, Page Faults, Cache Utilization, Dirty data, and any others which 'sound' performance related. Look for 'unusual' results while you work. If things seem 'normal', choose some new values to monitor until you find something strange. Once you have an idea what the bottleneck is, you then need to find where it is and its cause. This is a 'feely' thing and not a real algorithmic science. It takes time, but the learning experience is rewarding. I can't give more details without 'being there.' I'm only trying to point you in a starting direction: you'll need to travel on your own. Interesting challenge though. Cheerios, PW. Hint: I can't get much from the 'line' graph in system monitor. I find the 'bar' graph easier to 'read.'

To: Kathryn Anshutz who wrote (4317)	7/6/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110645

Once you do what PMS lady said, GET some more ram. Bump your system up to at least 32 MB ram. (64 is better) Ram is so cheap now-a-days, and will increase your overall system performance, big time!!! My old Compaq 486 33sx notebook had 20 MB of ram. My Compaq P120 note book has 48 MB of ram. My home computers have 64-128 MB of ram. RAM, GOOD.