Originally Posted by MegaSvensk

Is it just Nero you're having problems with or is it in Explorer and other programs as well?

And when you say that you re-installed, did you format the drive first? Because that's the only way to really start fresh and make sure to get rid of problems like these (unless the problem is due to failing hardware.)

And yes the Desktop is supposed to be under Documents and Settings\user name. You can change the location with TweakUI if you want to but it wouldn't make a difference because file access time has nothing to due with how deep inside the directory tree a file is.