Re: Advise on Win2k installation....

From: Colon Terminus (Colon_Terminus_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:59:01 GMT

If I may add to the excellent advice of Dan:

Immediately after you've got the O/S and all its drivers loaded, copy the
Program Files directory to the drive where you want Programs to live. In
other words, if the O/S is on D: and you want your applications to reside on
F: then you'd copy D:\Program Files to the root of F:. Then run regedit and
search for "programfilesdir" and modify the data so that it points to
"F:\Program Files".

All further software installs will go to F:\Program Files by default, saving
you a lot of intervention in trying to force software to install where YOU
want it to go instead of where IT wants to go.

"Dan Seur" <click@casta.net> wrote in message
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> Alex -
>
> 1. Make the pagefile (for starters) 1.5GB; gurus generally recommend a
> 1.5xRAM ratio. Make the MIN the same as the MAX. Place the pagefile on a
> hard drive other than that containing the system if possible, and on a
> different controller if possible. Later, you can experiment with
> different sizes and placements if you wish. The installation process
> will probably place the pagefile on C: - move it when the OS is running
> after the install.
>
> 2. I'm a believer generally in placing the OS, the apps, and the data in
> partitions devoted to each. With W2k-class systems, however, (which
> rarely need to be reinstalled, and where clean reinstalls are the best
> way of recovering from catastrophe although that involves also
> reinstalling most apps) and with a 10GB OS partition and a number of
> large hard drives with many large partitions, I've elected to install
> apps on C: and have yet to experience any problems with that. I still
> keep data on other drives and partitions, and I also keep a variety of
> app CD images on hard drives, which makes reinstallation a breeze.
>
> As far as cloning for recovery goes, it works, although you may want to
> keep the cloned backup version in sync with the active one. If that's
> not so crucial, you can clone the OS to a spare hard drive and keep it
> in a file drawer (or in the machine but not connected, or in a removable
> cassette mount to make using it a triviality.)
>
> Others may have different and better ideas. Some of this advice is
> almost a matter of theology - endlessly argued by the sages.
>
> Alex wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am going to reformat my windows 2000 box and would like to have some
> > advise about te followings:
> >
> > 1. I currently have 1GB RAM, how's the size of the page file should I
> > configure if I want to manually set it up? And of course, what's the
> > relation?
> >
> > 2. I'll try to install most of the programs in another drive instead of
> > the default C:\Program Files\ so that when I've cloned my C drive, the
> > default for windows, I can always restore my windows without messing
> > around with the other programs. Am I right? Please advise.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Alex
>

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