Re: Speed comparison; WinXP and WinME

Windows XP performs best, and is more secure, when installed
on a drive with a single partition that is formatted NTFS.

Please read the following:

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/winpreinst/ntfs-preinstall.mspx

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/

Windows XP's Built-In Optimization
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1149277,00.asp

Windows XP Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/xpperf.mspx

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/benchmark.mspx


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"PaulFXH" wrote:

| Hi
|
| Earlier this week I finished off a three-month sojourn abroad using a
| very non-State of the Art machine (256 MB RAM, 1.8GHz CPU)operating on
| WinME and DUN. I`m now back using my 1GB RAM, 2.53GHz CPU, WinXP box
| with DSL Internet.
|
| But, guess what, the WinME machine is FASTER!
|
| With both machines launching 6 apps at start-up, the WinXP box takes 75
| seconds to be ready for action while the computer with WinME has
| completed its start-up in 72 seconds.
| For shutting down, the difference is significantly greater; 26 seconds
| for the WinXP box vs. 12 seconds for WinME.
| While I was unable to make any significant measurements, it really did
| seem to me that apps (such as Excel, Word) launched quite a bit faster
| on the WinME box.
|
| I like to think that both machines were equally well maintained in
| terms of absence of unnecessary files, HD defragmentation and freedom
| from viruses and other malware.
| Therefore, does this revelation come as a surprise to anybody besides
| me?
| Alernatively, any suggestions as to how I can get the more expensive
| box to match the speeds of its more humble team-mate?
| [Note that I suspect the fact that the unpartitioned, 80GB HDD on the
| WinXP box(compared to the 20GB HDD on the smaller machine) may well be
| a contributory factor in the speed difference]
|
| TIA for any comments
| Paul
|

.

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