[oaydin]

ok beta2 was booting slow
with 2475 per n pro boot was very fast, it was even faster than tweaked winme with 1 sec.
but with 2481 pro it looked like booting a little bit slower
same with 85, 86
n now with 2494 personal boot is nearly 10 seconds slower
nothing different I installed all tweaked
anyone else noticed that ?

[Brian Frank]

Not an expert on XP, but...have you tried running the defragger in XP?

[oaydin]

of course I did,
as I say nothing is different with me
didn't install new software or such
anyway waiting for Rc1 is logical

[EddiE314]

sounds like operator error to me, almost everyone else (including me)seems to think XP is getting faster, oh, i have found that the defragger that comes with XP is sh1tty, it doesn't defrag well at all, try using NTFS instead of FAT32, it fragments far less. if that doesn't help you, oh well.

[Brian Frank]

There is a way to convert FAT32 to NTFS in Win2k, from what I understand...and I figure that should apply to XP. It's a special command...can anyone confirm this?
Anyway, it would save you a reinstall and all the joy that brings...:/

[EddiE314]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2481]
© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>convert /?
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.

CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]

volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
/FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume is to be converted to NTFS.
/V Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
/CvtArea:filename
Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be
the place holder for NTFS system files.
/NoSecurity Specifies the converted files and directories security
settings to be accessible by everyone.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

--------------------------
The same applies for Win2k.

[bottleneck]

Quote:

There is a way to convert FAT32 to NTFS in Win2k...

yes,but you will end up with 1024kbytes(I think) alocation unit size wich is slower
the command is
convert c: /fs:ntfs
and ofcourse its irreversable

sorry for my lousy spelling

[edit]too late[/edit]

[ThC 129]

seesh with all that work it would be easier to format and reinstall XP using NTFS.


Oh and my boottimes are faster. Check your hardware settings it might be something like Creatve's Gay!ware slowing it down. My friend even said 2494 per boots faster and runs faster than 2495 pro.

[EddiE314]

i'd imagine per. is faster than pro. there's probably less services to start.