SUBBlime It tested much better. A 33% increase from 446 to 594. And it seems to have grown a second HD.(g) Now down to fine tuning. Tell me about the following: Vettray.exe? That is that outdated antivirus program. Are you still using it? Wan network Driver? You need to "Disable" it in Device manager. I see you took AOL of the box. GOOD! Where did the other drive come from and why is it so full already? We have some work to do on it but your answer makes a difference. BT