Finally error free!
For the first time in many months, my FS9 is stable. Ive been asking for help, and even with all the suggestions couldnt figure out what was wrong. I finally used Memory diagnostics from MS and determined that my one memory module was bad. I replaced it with a gig stick and havent had a problem since. I went from 1 gig to 1.5, which makes a huge difference in the amount of stutters, things are much smoother now. I also used O&O defrag version 8.5, it has a 30 day free version. Extremely good defrag program that made my drives look like new. Thanks for all the help that so many of you offered. Todd