I run XP Home on my laptop. I would be interested in hearing how different ones have optimized their hard drive. Have you formatted to separate files for smoother or quicker operation? Adjusted the swapfile? Is that even necessary for the amount of memory in new pc's? Have you moved the OS footprint from the diskdrive to memory? Used Bootvis? Any others? Thanks -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.