sounds like hardware not software issue
Slow speed sounds like hardware issue... not software.
Are you running DBAN from CD or Floppy? I ran mine from floppy... had issues getting it to run from CD. My CD drive was a slow 4x max device from 1999.
What is the rest of your hard ware...
I am no expert... only used DBAN the one time.
My CPU was similar to yours... 500 mhz P2.. with 128mb RAM. My 15 GB hard drive was nearly full... less then 800 mb of open space. Not sure if the unused hard drive space slows up DBAN or makes it faster? My thought would be that it makes no...
If you are wondering how to use DBAn... below is some info that was helpful to me.
First off the program is simple to use. I think it is just the idea of nuking your hard drive that makes it seem like it would be hard to use.
The following link helped me get a better idea of what to do...
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