XP Add/Remove Programs [modified]
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He did admit that he installed a drive of questionable stability (a 2nd drive - 40gb), and that he had to re-partition/format it. I'll look at that tonight.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
He did admit that he installed a drive of questionable stability (a 2nd drive - 40gb),
benchmark it even if it doesn't show errors in the log. grab one of the many disk benchmarks and just test the throughput. I have had old drives test in the single digits mb/s but not produce errors... they make good paperweights.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Was this an upgrade to Windows 98 or ME? I have seen this happen if you upgrade these old 16 bit OS'es. Also, if this was an upgrade, and not a fresh install, spyware, malware and any other type of "ware" can really screws systems up. This may be occurring as a result of some rogue program. Regards,
Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Brigg Thorp wrote:
Was this an upgrade to Windows 98 or ME? I have seen this happen if you upgrade these old 16 bit OS'es.
16-bit? really? i'm assuming you meant 95...but then i doubt the upgrade would work on that anyway. Roswell
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He's using the machine with the administrator account, and since this is a brand new install, there shouldn't be any orphans/registry defragging/disk defragging necessary. The machine has only been alive for a couple of weeks.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
He's using the machine with the administrator account, and since this is a brand new install, there shouldn't be any orphans/registry defragging/disk defragging necessary. The machine has only been alive for a couple of weeks.
yes, you do need to defrag after a reinstall when all of the software is up :). You first need to reboot, then run disk cleanup and remove all the temp files that the setup-ware has left. Then you run defrag and you'll see that there's already some fragmentation or files sitting in clusters now. It might tell you that you don't need to defrag, but go ahead anyway and you'll see the difference. But it's not that unusual to take 20 minutes for the list to populate. It does that when it has to check and double-check everything, but the next time it should only take about 3 minutes... Roswell :)
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA
