That's very interesting indeed! It is too late here now and I am tired, 
but I'll try those things out - the worst thing that can happen is that 
I'll have to format the disk and restart, and that's doable.
Thanks again for pointing this out.
Stephan

R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:

>You may want to do a google on 'ms hidden files". Wincrap keeps hidden
>files in a number pf places. These files include (until wiped out by
>re-formatting etc) a cache of every URL you have visited using Internet
>Explorer and other stuff. These files are hidden from Windows and
>drastically affect disk fragmentation and therefore speed....
>  
>



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