<holysmokes99********.com> wrote in message
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> Lately my computer has been having real trouble playing videos
> (extremely jerky), and even scrolling through a long list of files in
> a directory in windows explorer (jerky scrolling). I ran some tests
> using HD Tune and HD Tach to see if it was a hard drive issue, and low
> and behold the read speed is terrible. I am getting a maximum read
> rate of about 4MB/Sec. My drive is a 120GB Maxtor 4R120LO. Is there
> anything I can do to fix this? I defragged it but no difference. Can
> it be saved?
>
> Thanks
> Marcus

Check if DMA is enabled for your disk: Control Panel / System /
Device Manager / Primary IDE Channel / Advanced Settings /
Transfer Mode.

You should also check the Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) for
relevant events.