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| 58403 | 2002-06-29 12:06:00 | I find XP Home to be slow compared to ME. Loading files takes longer, and there is a delay on FTP transfers ( could be the firewall? ). CPU is 500mhz and 268 RAM. Is XP slower as a price for stability? |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 58404 | 2002-06-29 22:27:00 | Hello Mzee, Xp I would think should be quicker than ME. Have you installed xp over me? cheers, Bob |
Bob Kehely (621) | ||
| 58405 | 2002-06-29 22:31:00 | I put XP over 98. I find that apps take a bit longer to load, but run faster. | wotz (335) | ||
| 58406 | 2002-06-29 23:13:00 | Hi Mzee, Did you converted your drive from Fat32 to NTFS during the upgrade? If you did I would first suspect that your performance issues are related to small NTFS cluster sizes on your hard drive . When a hard drive that was previously formatted with DOS tools (Fdisk and Format, creating FAT16 or FAT32 partitions) is converted to NTFS, there is frequently a problem that causes a tiny 512-byte cluster size under NTFS . That's the smallest cluster size NTFS allows (smaller cluster size means there is less wasted disk space but takes longer for the disk to access files) . The solution is to convert the cluster sizes to at least 4K . Windows XP's built-in Disk Defragmenter tool displays NTFS cluster sizes if you know where to look . Launch the defragger (right click the disk drive in My Computer and choose Properties > Tools > Defragment Now) . Then click the Analyze button and then the View Report button . The cluster size is plainly listed in the report . Two solutions exist if you have the smaller cluster size . 1 . Reformat the drive using Windows XP's Format and Fdisk tools, or 2 . dynamically convert the cluster sizes using PowerQuest's Partition Magic or Paragon Partition Manager . |
Tristan Speak (465) | ||
| 58407 | 2002-06-30 00:36:00 | As well as the above suggestions, right click "My Computer" on the desktop select "Properties" > Advanced > Settings & tick the radio button "Adjust for best performance" & this will turn off all the resource hungry visual effects. | Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 58408 | 2002-06-30 12:58:00 | XP is double booted with ME & 98se via "Boot Magic" XP is running on Fat32 so that it can share files with the others. XP is running as lean as possible, no fancy garbage. |
Mzee (158) | ||
| 58409 | 2002-07-01 01:06:00 | Windows XP is slower than ME, but its a much better OS. :) | spielburg (747) | ||
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