Simple Tweaking and also works with Windows 2003... NOTE: I only recommend doing this if you have 256mb of RAM or higher. STEP 1: Start > Run > then type SYSEDIT.EXE STEP 2: Expand the system.ini file window. STEP 3: Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh] STEP 4: Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type Irq14=4096 NOTE: The above info for the new line is case sensitive STEP 6: Select File > Save STEP 7: Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer NOTE: Once your computer has been rebooted, you should notice a change in your hdd's performance.