I want to know about the PREFETCH DATA File, which was inadvertantly deleted. Can it be restored ? How? Does it affect performance of WORD programme ? If yes, how to resolve it.Apparently, it has caused problems with WORD 2003 on my PC. Any knowledge, experience suggestions shall be highly appreciated.1 person needs an answerI do too

The Prefetch Data will rebuild itself providing that the Task Scheduler service is set to Automatic, the Task Scheduler runs a routine every three days and it will rebuild the files.I don't see how this (deleting prefetch files) would cause problems with Word 2003 or any other applications. It might make them a bit slower to load but it should not cause any problems with the programs themselves, they don't need the prefetcher to work properly.Set the Task Scheduler to Automatic and if the files don't rebuild on the next reboot run this command:Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasksThis will force a rebuild of the Prefetch Data.John

John John is right. I will add that unless you know more about Windows Operating Systems than the people at Microsoft, it is best to leave the Prefetch folder alone (I have done all the testing for you).There are two Microsoft guys - Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon who I think know a lot about MS Operating Systems and they gave us such fine tools as Process Explorer and Autoruns, and they wrote an article that has a discussion that includes a section about how Prefetch works and why you should leave it alone. The article is a little old, but so is Windows XP.Here is a link to the article:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspxIt is a popular notion that some folks will say that to speed up your system, you should empty the Prefetch folder. Those folks have not done any timing tests (I mean zero), or done their testing wrong or they would know that such a notion is a fantasy. Don't guess what the problem might be - figure it out and fix it. I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!

John John is right. I will add that unless you know more about Windows Operating Systems than the people at Microsoft, it is best to leave the Prefetch folder alone (I have done all the testing for you).There are two Microsoft guys - Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon who I think know a lot about MS Operating Systems and they gave us such fine tools as Process Explorer and Autoruns, and they wrote an article that has a discussion that includes a section about how Prefetch works and why you should leave it alone. The article is a little old, but so is Windows XP.Here is a link to the article:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspxIt is a popular notion that some folks will say that to speed up your system, you should empty the Prefetch folder. Those folks have not done any timing tests (I mean zero), or done their testing wrong or they would know that such a notion is a fantasy. Don't guess what the problem might be - figure it out and fix it. I need YOUR votes and points for helpful replies and Propose as Answers. I am saving up for a pony!