Does the amount of available free disk space in Windows (XP only?) impact performance?

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Published on 2010-04-07T12:04:37Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 12:13 UTC
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I remember reading (http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?threadID=274318) that when the available free disk space falls below 10% of the total disk space on the computer, performance is degraded.

If true, can someone explain this in more depth than what the commenter on the linked page provides?

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