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nd4spdbh2
02-26-09, 07:44 PM
Well i have had my mini 9 since xmas... love the thing but the small STEC 4gb ssd in it isnt what one would call a speed demon. does about 40MB/s read but only ~ 6.5MB/s write if that. And since i installed an nlited version of xp pro using ntfs i always had these lil freezing issues even after following everything found here

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43460

Which did make things much better... but the lil freezes were still there.

So the other day i got bored and decided to image over to FAT32... as well i wont be playing with files larger than 4GB on my 4GB ssd... and i couldnt believe it the lil laptop became REALLY snappy and smooth... its not like i reinstalled windows on fat 32... i imaged over so EVERYTHING was the same all programs and whatnot.

So if you have a lil netbook with a small ssd and have freezing issues id recommend imaging or reinstalling windows to a FAT32 drive.
Jayws
02-26-09, 08:04 PM
Try some of the linux file systems if you want smooth... oh and linux OS with that of course.
nd4spdbh2
02-26-09, 08:35 PM
Try some of the linux file systems if you want smooth... oh and linux OS with that of course.

meh i have never liked linux... everything is much easier on windows and all the programs like excell and ppt and word are standard at my college.... its no fun trying to get something to be compatible when ur in a hury.
Jayws
02-26-09, 08:40 PM
meh i have never liked linux... everything is much easier on windows and all the programs like excell and ppt and word are standard at my college.... its no fun trying to get something to be compatible when ur in a hury.

Oh no doubt it takes time and patience to adjust to but I've been having a blast on my eee 1000 with it. The big motivator for me was the fact that the linux drivers are readily available. Some things like the office suite are still a pain though, I agree. I wish there was a way to port the mac version to open source linux distros, mac is somewhat similar... now I'm curious.
nd4spdbh2
02-26-09, 09:14 PM
Oh no doubt it takes time and patience to adjust to but I've been having a blast on my eee 1000 with it. The big motivator for me was the fact that the linux drivers are readily available. Some things like the office suite are still a pain though, I agree. I wish there was a way to port the mac version to open source linux distros, mac is somewhat similar... now I'm curious.

ya if there was a reliable way to make sure i always had compatibility with office apps id switch over to linux as my netbook is for school (taking notes in word) and presenting ppts and web browsing.

But FAT32 has seemed to get rid of all the freezing problems. i dunno why it just did and im SUPER happy cus it was kinda gettin on my nerves.
Jayws
02-26-09, 10:04 PM
ya if there was a reliable way to make sure i always had compatibility with office apps id switch over to linux as my netbook is for school (taking notes in word) and presenting ppts and web browsing.

But FAT32 has seemed to get rid of all the freezing problems. i dunno why it just did and im SUPER happy cus it was kinda gettin on my nerves.

I don't know enough about the differences between the two but I am hoping that a new file system will surface from microsoft with Windows 7. It seems like they're seriously threatened by linux by some of the unprecedented moves that they've made as of late:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/windows-7-to-get-2-000-bug-fixes-pointed-out-by-testers/
nd4spdbh2
02-26-09, 11:21 PM
I don't know enough about the differences between the two but I am hoping that a new file system will surface from microsoft with Windows 7. It seems like they're seriously threatened by linux by some of the unprecedented moves that they've made as of late:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/windows-7-to-get-2-000-bug-fixes-pointed-out-by-testers/

lol ya... its bad that i have to go back to an "ancient" FAT32 file system... id love to use something newer. but w/e
Know Nuttin
02-27-09, 04:40 AM
FAT32 does less journaling, so less background disk activity (defrags, indexes, etc). Did you do a partition alignment when using NTFS? disable indexing/autodefrag/etc?
nd4spdbh2
02-27-09, 11:51 AM
FAT32 does less journaling, so less background disk activity (defrags, indexes, etc). Did you do a partition alignment when using NTFS? disable indexing/autodefrag/etc?

i had EVERYTHING disabled on the ntfs version i had installed.... last accesed, date stamp, indexing, write cache, journaling... you name it..

But it still always seemd to want to write to the disk from time to time even if i wasnt running something that was going to write to the disk.