Slow PhosphoImager

[Bernard Khoo WCI]

Our Molecular Dynamics PhosphoImager (2 years old) has slowed down to the point
of near-unusuability. For example, just printing a simple quantitation report
can take up to 5 mins, printing a (terrible) hard copy can take up to 30 mins
and scanning a quarter of a large plate takes up to 30 mins. This problem has 
been creeping on us for some time now.

What exactly is the problem here? I suspect that hard disk fragmentation may be
the problem, but can anybody else suggest what I can check on the machine
before I defrag the disk. Of course, what will be the hassle will be backing up
the hard disk before doing so.

TIA for any help...

Bernard Khoo   Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.
               E-mail: bcek1 at mole.cam.ac.uk, @cus.bio.cam.ac.uk,
                       or bkhoo at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk