Did I do something wrong?

[OnDborder]

It seems that my 98se is quicker than the w2kpro in loading up programs and surfing the net.

Is this normal for w2k or did I miss something?

[Monaco]

for me W2k is a dog opening up programs, but once open they work faster and close and re-open again much faster. Might just be the rather old hard drive I have it on.

[OnDborder]

Would it effect the speed if w2k is on FAT32 or NTFS?
I have it on FAT right now.
As you can tell I also have dual boot.

[Crash893]

if you have 98 DO NOT GO NTFS

98 cant read ntfs so youll go to dual boat and bam nothing ( nothing 98......2k will still boot)


im not sure ntfs is quicker but i know its secure

why both just out of curiosity?

[Oni]

NTFS is definately quicker. Faster access to programs and stuff using the advanced MFT (Master File Table)

[OnDborder]

So the reason for my w2k being a little sluggish, compared to 98se, is that I have it dual booted with 98 and it's on FAT?

Will it be smoother, faster on just w2k on ntfs?

[Smizack]

Originally posted by OnDborder
So the reason for my w2k being a little sluggish, compared to 98se, is that I have it dual booted with 98 and it's on FAT?

Will it be smoother, faster on just w2k on ntfs?

I don't think it will boot any faster, but it should run better and be more stable with NTFS only running Win2k.

[ve6jhc]

I dual booted for about a year...I had a 30 gb HD that I partitioned as follows

5 GB Fat 32 Partition for Win98
5 GB NTFS Partition for Win2K
20 GB Fat 32 Partition for programs and data

When I was running under Win98 I just didn't see the Win2K partition. That's why I had all my programs in the 20 Gb Fat32 partition. As far as speed goes Win2K was much faster in all things except for 3D gaming or benchmarking. My HD speed under NTFS is almost 3 times faster!!

[OnDborder]

Ok, it's like this, when I go to open up IE 5.5 it seems to delay a bit, unlike 98.
Or like opening up My computer>properties>hardware>device manager it's slower.
That kind of reaction time I'm curious about.

If it isn't suppose to be that way then it wouldn't bother me to reinstall from scratch. I would have to still dual boot because my Intel camera and a couple of games do not have 2000 drivers.

[RED Hot Machine]

Originally posted by OnDborder
Ok, it's like this, when I go to open up IE 5.5 it seems to delay a bit, unlike 98.
Or like opening up My computer>properties>hardware>device manager it's slower.
That kind of reaction time I'm curious about.

If it isn't suppose to be that way then it wouldn't bother me to reinstall from scratch. I would have to still dual boot because my Intel camera and a couple of games do not have 2000 drivers.

I find this is the same on my system and i have win2k running in an NTFS partion.

OnDboarder how have you got your dual boot setup. Have you got 98 and 2k on the same partion or on different ones?

[OnDborder]

I have 98se on the Cdrive and w2k on D drive and E drive is for storage.
As I stated before I have w2k on FAT.

[RED Hot Machine]

Originally posted by OnDborder
I have 98se on the Cdrive and w2k on D drive and E drive is for storage.
As I stated before I have w2k on FAT.

If you use drive e for storage you can always convert your drive d to ntfs. I found that Win2k performs better in general under ntfs than fat32. THere was a thread that had some benchmarks in that proved this aswell.

[OnDborder]

Ok, so in order to convert to ntfs I should;
use Partition Magic 5(which I have)
or reinstall w2k choosing ntfs?

[RED Hot Machine]

Originally posted by OnDborder
Ok, so in order to convert to ntfs I should;
use Partition Magic 5(which I have)
or reinstall w2k choosing ntfs?

No need to reinstall just do the following (from win2k help0

"To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

Open a command prompt window.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

Notes

To open a Command Prompt window, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command. "

Edit: Don't forget you can't convert back to fat32 very easily!

[OnDborder]

Just in case, how would I go back to fat32?

I know I've read this stuff on this forum before but will it mess up the programs that I have installed in w2k under fat32 when I go to ntfs?

[RED Hot Machine]

Some people have converted back using pm7. It shouldn't effect any off your programs. You will have to save any info you want to use with 98 on your c: or e: drives.