kaled - 1:09 am on Dec 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

mm1220,
if defragmentation is the issue, it can be solved by either creating a swap partition or by creating the swap file at the opposite end of disk area. Even using an external hard disk on a firewire port as a swap area is crazy because it means that the user can totally crash the computer by unplugging the drive. So to avoid that, a whole new swap policy must have been created - a total waste of time.

Incidentally, considering that text search (within files) has never worked properly in any version of XP, I have my doubts about so-called virtual directories. In any case, that would be one of the first features I'd switch off.

Kaled.