Converting FAT32 to NTFS Problem!

[Turbo]

I converted my HDDs to NTFS and now my system runs much slower. Opening and closing the windows is not as quick as they use to be with FAT32. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to speed things up again?.

I also upgraded to IE to 5.5 and it is very slow to open. Is this related to the NTFS conversion?

Please advise, Turbo

"There is a fine line between confidence and conceit" - Ken Mai

 

[butchrecon]

When you converted to NTFS did you use defrag before the conversion? After? Also what is the type and speed of your HDD?

 

[Turbo]

I defragged about a week before the conversion so I feel good about this. I have Western Digital HDDs, 1- 6.4G 2- 8.6G and they are both 5600. Turbo

"There is a fine line between confidence and conceit" - Ken Mai

 

[butchrecon]

How about your swap file? Try putting your swap file on the second (NON-SYSTEM)Hard drive and set it to (Ammount of your RAM + 30). Also are they UDMA66 drives? If so you will have to enable UMDA66 support(W2K this is off by default for some stupid reason)in the registry.

AND REMEMBER that NTFS is a more secure file system that does require more over head to run. So it very well could slow down you overall performance. If you tweak your system up a bit you should notice some performance gain.

On a side note, In System Properties, under Advanced then Performance Options. Is your system set for OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE FOR: set to Applications? If not set it for this, this also increases performance.

Need help just ask

 

[Turbo]

What are some apps that might help me tweak or that will enhance the performance of my system. Of course, apps that can be trusted not to destroy the system. Also, what are some other tweaking tips? I've confirmed the above settings to be correct on my system.

Thanks Again, Turbo

"There is a fine line between confidence and conceit" - Ken Mai

 

[butchrecon]

Try these registry strings. (for more info go to

http://www.3dspotlight.com

and go to tweaking Windows 2000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"EnableUDMA66"=dword:0000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:00002000

 

[theripper]

You may want to use something like partition magic. It will allow you to convert back to NTFS. That way, at least you'll be back where you started if you wanted to try it again.

Good Luck ~

 

[ShaithisDanoveur]

Try getting the Diskeeper eval from Executive software. You can defrag that NTFS partition with it, and it'll allow you to defrag the MFT tables as well. Once these are good and unfragmented see if your speeds return.

http://www.diskeeper.com

if memory serves