converted to ntfs=slow down

[XG8]

I just converted my drive from fat32 to ntfs now, i was supprised now to see that it seems to be slower during bootup.. even when im in windows when i have only 2 things in system tray booting up its slow as accessing menus/turn stuff of with the mouse even though it was quicker in fat32.!

Im using WinXP PRO
30gig quantum 7200rpm ATA100 drive

So far ive used diskkeeper 7 and done a chkdks but everything seems ok there.

If its slow booting up slower surely it cant be good....

rest of my system specs are below.

 

[madmatt]

The slow down could be related to converting your filing system half way through. I would reformat and start fresh using the NTFS. But, if your boot just seems to be slow, try a boot optimizer such as bootVis (can be found on the MS website).

 

[stuy_b]

DONT use FAT32 with XP!!.. geeez!!

NTFS, isnt faster than FAT32, but XPs security and tracking works best with NTFS.

As madmatt said.. try running bootvis. goto microsoft downloads.

 

[XG8]

Originally posted by stuy_b
DONT use FAT32 with XP!!.. geeez!!

NTFS, isnt faster than FAT32, but XPs security and tracking works best with NTFS.

As madmatt said.. try running bootvis. goto microsoft downloads.

HEHE yeah im an ex win98se jockey

Yeah thanks for tip about BOOTVIS madmatt, it did the job... all is sweet.

Now i can get some shut eye in down under

thanks again...

X

 

[dijital]

if you want to use ntfs, the best way is to do a completely fresh install. converting often causes problems for users.