DISABLE DISK PERFORMANCE COUNTERS written by: paranoidxe email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com By default Windows XP will automatically collect performance data from your disks. This is not needed by most users unless monitoring disk performance is essential. So in order to disable this feature do this: - click start, run.., type in cmd, click ok - type in "diskperf -n" (no quotes), hit enter - reboot your machine