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Both are IDE drives, on the same cable. 7200 RPM, 80 is 2mb cache, 160 is 8mb.
I know a little about IDE drives, and enough to know that having them on the same IDE cable is bad, as the transfer rates gets bogged down when both drives are accessed simultaneously. Supposed to have both drives as the master for their own IDE, this is the fastest setup.
Anyways ill check that link out. Thanks.
I would be interested in seeing some other users PC configurations. How they have it setup and how they keep it fast/organized?
Also, i dont know if this is appopriate on this forum or not, but I see a lot about having an up-to-date XP Distibution CD with assorted hotfixes and updates.
I have a legit copy of windows XP Pro, with legit S/N. What I want to know if I could get someone prebuilt up-to-date XP cd, either by FTP or Bittorrent. This shouldnt constitute as warez as I own the cd and a SN just needing a base up to date cd from which to start.
If this is inappropriate to ask on these forums I appologize.
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I have 2 hard drives.
Drive 1 is a 80GB, 2 is a 160GB. The 160 has an 8mb cache so its where I want to put windows so its faster.
The partitions do not exist incase of the drive crashes, im aware that if it crashes the partitions go too, which is why the secondary drive would contain backup apps, and files incase of a problem.
I would like both drives to be masters with the CD-RW and DVD-RW the secondaries to each drive, but i would need longer IDE cables to acomplish this, and atm i do not have the cash to buy some really long cables to do this.
So are you suggesting that I have windows on one hardrive, and all data and installations on a secondary drive?
Looks like I'm going to have to spend some time thinking over how i want to make my uA cd and how I want my computer setup.
What I would like to acomplish is a well organized PC, where in the circumstance than a format is neccessary, restoring back to where I was wont be a problem. (maybe keep the backup uA on the secondary drive so I can modify it for installations etc.)
Anyways if anyone more experience than me, can suggest a good way of doing this I would appreciate it. I will learn the neccesary steps to create a uA with installs, reg, codecs, and drivers if neccessary. Im sure it can help me down the line anyways.
Thanks. This community is friendly and very helpful, truly hard to find one like this. Especially the help I have recieved as a newcomer.
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S0mE0nesMiNd1 - My pc has in the past run deadly fast with only 512Ram, so I know its possible.
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Format PC takes lets say 1hr, now reinstallaing all games/apps takes another 4-5, moving all files back to their locations from backup partition or disc 2hrs. You see thats 8hrs of my time.
Now i know your gona say my uA does it while im sleeping, but see, what if in the future i dont want an app on my pc thats on my uA, or say there is a new version, then I gota remake my uA cd, seems to be like a pain.
I see uA as more as an admin tool for building pcs for an entire office.
Maybe If i could build some super uA to do this all for me so everytime i format its like i never did, and just update the apps every month. But how long would making a uA cd like that take me, and how much reading and testing would I have to do to do this, see either way im gona have to spend huge amounts of time.
Lets see some peoples opinions.
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Prathapml - Yeah I im more up for the once in a while installation.
uA interested me because I want to specifiy windows default directories.
I always seem to run into the problem where after x months my PC has gone from being fast and responsive, to a deaf old lady so i have to reformat and star from scratch. I do this prob 3-4 times a year,
Its a P4 2.4Ghz 512MB of RDRAM pc800 (Samsung Ram). So I mean there is no reason why it should take near on 1 minute once closing an app for me to regain control of my pc, especially when exiting a game. I used to be able to alt-tab from war craft 3 to check MSN msgs in no time, these days its taking a minute to get to the desktop, and even then its unresponsive.
So of course I have come to the conclusion that I need to format my pc and organize it, hence the partitioning system.
Now I know everyone is going to say well in order to stop your machine from getting slow defrag it, run adaware, dont install spyware apps etc. Well I run Diskeeper all the time, along with adaware, norton, system cleanup, reg medic, and a bunch of other stuff to keep my pc running as smooth as possible. My PC isnt off much, but I doubt thats the problem as even after i reboot or turn off for an hour the pc still gets slow again quickly.
Now formatting takes a huge amount of time, gota make sure everything is backed up, then format, then rebuild the pc from scratch. So its something I really dont want to do often, so im basically looking for the best way to keep my PC organized and running fast w/o heartache. And partitiong things onto dif drives I thought would be the easiets of solutions, no one has yet to tell me otherwise so Im gona run with this.
Anyways I just thought id let you guys know what im basically trying to acomplish here. You guys seem to reformat like every 2 days, I must be missing something as I dont see the point?
Ah well.
Happy New Years!!
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lol, dont worry im playing games too, just beat Prince of Persia 2, and now onto Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories on my EMU, or maybe ill finish HL2 lol. So many games so little time.
If only I had the time to play World of Warcraft
Ah well thanks cartoonite, im prob gona get this underway this weekend
Happy New Year. Ill keep ya posted.
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Ok so the partition for windows, that should be specified in the answer file right?
How would I do this?
Also do I leave the partition unformatted? Formatted? Im thinking NTFS Primary?
What im going to do is this.
Create uA cd, then create the partitions needed, make sure formatted. Store everything I want backuped on the current Windows HD. Remove the current windows HD. Install windows on the new HD, once done and all is working, re plug back in my old HD move all files back over and reconfig windows. format old HD, and voila im done.
So am I right in assuming that once I have C: Windows D: Program Files E: Documents, that if i format C: all my Program files will still be there and working when I format C: in the future? So i wont ever have to reinstall again?
Also can I specificy where the temp dir will be in the answerfile? or is this post installation?
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Ok Initially I wanted to create an Unattended CD that would install a bunch of Registry Tweaks, Applications, Drivers and Codecs etc.
I am no longer seeing the point in this because I mean Im using this CD once, and in the future Id have to recreate the cd with newer apps, when I could just as easily install them manually have the control I need.
I have created a D, and E on the destination HD, D is for Program Files (installations), and E is for Documents and Settings (is this where My Documents is kept?) As of right now they are empty with enough space allocated to them for now. There is no OS on this drive. Now I have my XP CD with the following answerfile.
What I am hoping for as the outcome is for it to create C: on the drive, set program files on D, E is Docuents and settings. SO in the future when I install apps they default into D:.
This allows me to have Windows/Installations/Data seperated. This simple unattended CD allows me to format C: in the future w/o worrying about losing windows apps.
Basically the goal of my unattended CD is to have the 3 partitions on the one drive, where the info is seperate, and if I ever need to just format C I can w/o losing installs or Data. Am I right in thinking this will do the trick?
Answer File:
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
AutomaticUpdates=yes
[unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
UnattendSwitch="yes"
Repartition=No
WaitForReboot="No"
AutoActivate = Yes
ProgramFilesDir="D:\My Program Files"
CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\My Program Files\My Common Files"
KeyboardLayout="Canadian English (Multilingual)"
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1
ProfilesDir="E:\Documents and Settings\"
[userData]
ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="Chris"
OrgName=""
ComputerName=Chris
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1280
YResolution=1024
Vrefresh=85
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=107
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
[branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall
[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
- Is there anything else I need to specify to do what I want?
- Will windows installing on the new HD create C at the front of the disc automatically?
- Do my D and E partitions have to be empty?
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yeah thats what i used!
Works great!
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nevermind found an app that let me grab it.
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Hi, im trying to find my cdkey for my windows XP pro installation. Problem is i cant find my cdkey, Its on my pc so does anyone know of a way I can get it w/o having to tear apart my house to find it?
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this has fallen from main page, just giving it a bump
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Sorry for the bad title name, I wont do it again in the future. If a mod could change it so something suitable that would be fine.
Catoonite thanks for your answers.
If you have the time id appreciate some more advise.
Is there something wrong with my complex partitioning idea? Do you know of something better?
So I have to switch drives so the drive i want windows to be on is the Master, and the drive windows is currently on is the slave? Will Windows boot from my slave for now then if I do this? Also how do I make sure that the front of the destination drive is free for a windows installation? Should i create a C: drive on that drive or let the unattended installation create it for me?
I think to make life easier for me I could do the following:
Leave drive1 with windows on it for now
make my unattended CD
change all current drive letter names to letters I wont be using
Switch drives Master -> Slave (Drive 2 becomes the Master now)
Create partitions that I want on the Master for Program Files and Docs
Use Unattended CD on new Master, this creates a second installation of windows which has the configuartion I want.
Boot up windows check out everything is fine, then format the original windows installation freeing up the room on the second HD.
Then I should be done. Does this sound easier/possible?
Also you said that I should look into getting a VPC so I can check my uA cd, is there not a guide somewhere on components I can safely remove?
http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/space_saving_tips.htm
I checked out this link and realize that this is just a tip of the iceberg, im looking for something to slim it down even more, I mean there has to be more junk that Windows Installs that bogs my system down?
Im trying to make my system better for testing Web Applications as a Dummy Server. (Tomcat for J2EE apps) and also for video editing/graphics and games.
Thanks for your help and Happy Holidays!
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Hi,
My pc has been real slow of late, and is overdue a fresh install. So I have been researching and found out that its best to have seperate partitions on your HDs so that future reinstallations are faster and I wont have to backup everything again.
So I have manually created partitions on both of my HD's. As current I have an HD1: 80gig with a 2mb cache and a HD2: 160gig with a 8mb cache.
The 80gig HD is the master atm, and the 160 the slave. The 80 gig also hosts windows atm.
I have the following Drives.
A: Floppy
C: Windows XP Pro + program files 70gigs on HD1
D: DVD-RW
E: CD-RW
F: Storage drive (hosting all files I want to back up on here) HD2
G: Virtual DVD drive
P: For all my web development, has a Subversion repository on here etc HD2
S: Future Swap disc on HD1
T: Future Temporary disc on HD1
U: Future driveimage backup disc HD2
I have a legit XP cd key that came with my DELL dist of windows XP pro. As this vers is jam packed full of dell crap I dont want, I am using my friends XP cd. Which is a Windows XP Pro SP2 cd.
What I ultimatly want to do, is have windows XP pro install on the faster HD as C:.
HD1: 160gig
C: Windows XP Pro 2 SP2 - 5gigs
D,E,F will be cd drives?
G: all my Documents and stuff on - 90gigs
H: installations and common files on E: (or visa versa between E and D), 50gigs
I: temp files -1gig
J: Swap Disc -2 gig (for Photoshop)
If anyone can recommend a better setup or more partitions to further organize my system that would be great.
HD2: 80 gig
k: Basically a storage drive, keep backups etc - 40gigs
N: network drive to be shared between my home network - 40gigs
So I have read the guide, Im going to have it install a few programs for me that are neccesary and small enough, bigger apps like Photoshop and stuff I wont bother with.
Drivers for my vid cards, and for audio/video. And some registry tweaks to make the system run faster.
This is for personal use, so I dont see the reason putting the effort into making it install Apache, MySql etc when I can do this by my self.
So Im basically looking for a few answers.
1. Is it ok that I have the partitions allready created, and how do i tell windows when it install thats the new default install dir is on a dif drive as well as the data files? Im assuming this would be in the answer file, and is relativly easy to have it map it.
2. Whats the advantage of having the unatteneded install programs for me? Wouldnt it be safer for me to install them myself once the system is up and running?
3. How do I make it install windows on the slave drive for now (once its done i will switch it to be master), this I am unsure of.
4. Is it safe for someone like me (a novice) using nLite to make the windows installation lighter? There is a lot of junk it installs and id rather not have it.
I have a program called XPLite Pro, tho unsure about this.
Thanks, and this is an amazing forum/community. I hope to learn a lot here.
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Ok so what Im gatering I need to do is
Steps:
Questions:
Just so im on the right track..
thanks in advance.