Re: Dual Boot questions
From: Len Dolby (lsdolby_at_ignore.ntlwor.com)
Date: 01/18/05
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 01:55:26 GMT
Ben - have added in comments as appropriate
"Ben Hardy" <ut@ut.ut> wrote in message
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> "Len Dolby" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Len. But does that have any detrimental effect on security? I know
> it's not best practice but I always log on as
> an Administrator (far more convenient) since I'm pretty confident that the
> security measures in place here
> protect me.
I have AVG, XP firewall, Spyblaster, AdAware, PCBUGDOCTOR - automatic
updates.
There's nothing yet got through without being trapped (and I occasionally
run an independant on-line check just to be sure - nothing ever found to
date). Not sure about logging on as Administrator - my system tweaked to
open my personal settings, no log-in - and when I first set it up, I have
full rights. (there's no other account to go to!) Ineffect, it's the same as
logging on as administrator, I think (same effect).
>> Another helpful bit of advice (from MVP, forget which, so many are
>> helpful, here) was that saving stuff in XP's pre-installed directories
>> (My documents, My Music and the like) results in considerable slowdown
>> when shutting down. These folders are part of the "personal" data saved
>> to the logged-on user's profile - can amount to a huge "save" file (over
>> 1GB in my case).
>
> Mmm.. I'll try that. I must admit that my 'My Docs' is huge.
>> I would not contemplate doing what you've done, because your "installOld"
>> must inevitably be on yr C: - to try at a later stage (your description)
>> to migrate "old" to "new" (assume partition D:) then make D: your
>> one-and-only, then transfer/merge it back to C:\ - seems to me a recipe
>> for potential disaster, since XP critical settings on C: would be forced
>> by PM (or whatever your chosen partition tool is) rather than optimised
>> by clean install of XP.
>
> Well, I had 2 partitions already set up. InstallOld was on D: and the
> InstallNew is on C:
I understood "oldXP" to be on C; since your post gave the order "old" and
"new" (logically would be C: and D:) - if "New" is already on C: then surely
the simplest thing to do would be just Format D: when the "Old" boot is no
longer required. Simple matter then just to delete the partition (merge C:
and D:) in Partition Magic (having first done the housekeeping and defragged
C:). You would also have to do a registry clean-up, since there would be
many invalid entries pointing to D:
You could try(then buy) Tuneup Utilities 2004 - superb toolkit (among its
many benefits is continuous background defrag) which includes several
utilities worth having - includes Registry clean-up tools - in my view far
better than Norton Utilities.
> Suffice it to say, InstallNew is booting and running far faster than
> InstallOld, so for me this turning out to be a worthy solution.
Course it does! it doesn't (yet) contain the full volume of user data, 'cos
it's not yet fully loaded with apps and associated user data. Unless you
take corrective/preventative measures, as the New system fills up, so it
will slow down too. My system now takes 30 seconds to boot (was >3 minutes)
and about 2 mins to shut down (was over 4) but must admit to not having
cleared "My Docs" folder content (>1Gb) to more effective non-personal
folders.
> Thanks for your suggestions
You're very welcome! Glad you find them useful. Len
> Ben
>
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