So I turned on the TV, got myself some dinner, and sat back. So while both the quick analysis and in-depth analysis were surprisingly quick on my system (80GB HDD, for what it's worth), the pre-Windows-boot CHKDSK thing took forever. While it avoids using (usually extremely inaccurate) timers on its processes, it provides no warning as to what I'm in for. Which brings me to my first problem with System Mechanic. (For the leftover disk problem, it called on the powers of CHKDSK.) This time, my PC restarted, but before Windows XP could fully load, System Mechanic loaded in that blue-screen-DOS/command line-esque format and ran through its scan there. Since I'm a patient guy (and a Windows user), I restarted for a second time. In a nice touch, it told me beneath the notice that I had to restart for the changes to take effect, and provided a link. The program said there was one more problem to be fixed - something with my hard drive (though when I clicked for more information, it said there weren't any problems). System Mechanic had all the dials in the green except one. On the other hand, I appreciate not having any more of a startup traffic jam than I already have). Once my PC booted back up, I reloaded System Mechanic (With slight disappointment, it did not load on start automatically so that I could see my progress after the System Mechanic-mandated restart. Since System Mechanic altered some startup settings and myriad other things, it required a restart.

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