Re: Speed comparison; WinXP and WinME


Carey Frisch [MVP] escreveu:

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

Hi Carey
Thanks for your reply and advice.
I was surprised to hear from you that partitioning of my 80GB main HDD
may adversely affect WinXP performance. Indeed, I was preparing to
partition this drive and was already armed with Partition Magic.
Looks like I`m going to have to rethink this.

Please note that both HDDs on my WinXP computer have the NTFS system
whereas that using WinME has FATS32.

Can I take it that you are suggesting that my WinXP machine should IN
NO WAY be slower than my smaller/theoretically slower WinME box?

I will knuckle down to the "homework" you gave me, but an initial
perusal indicated that this was more of a list of reasons for why WinXP
performance should be better than that of older OSs, rather than what
to do if it DOES happen to be slower.

Thanks
Paul

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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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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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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