>>>Reformat and start from scratch.
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>>>Why are you going back?
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>>>>I am about to reinstall XP Pro from Vista. Are there any web pages that can sttep me throuh the process? No one here at the office have ever done this and are not much help.
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>>>>Thanks
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>>It is my development machine, and hangs for 30 ro 120 seconds everytime it accesses the file system. I probably spend 1/4 to 1/3 of my day waiting for it. I backed up my data to my laptop over the weekend (and still am). So far it has taken 5 days to copy 40 to 50 gigs. This problem is killing my productive and frustrating to no ends.
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>Is the file system NTFS? Did you buy it with Vista or install it yourself?

The prior user of this machine put on it.