re: SLOW running dos program in XP
Monday, February 9, 2004 at 9:07 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by JB
(5 messages posted)
Hello again Morley
When I read your reply, I tried different settings for DOS, but could not find any
that made any difference. So I went back to "Windows XP Annoyances" and have found
the answer. Presumably, as you posted your original message here, you have access
to the book? Chapter 5: Maximizing Performance, section Advanced NTFS Settings, page
185. Among all that stuff, he mentions that the master file table(MFT) can become
fragmented, causing bad performance, and he says on page 187 "Unfortunately, the
only way to defragment or rebuild the MFT is to format the drive." On the internet,
I found software that can defragment the MFT, downloaded a free trial version, ran
it, and my problem has gone.
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