Re: Okay, I've turned off "Indexing", what else can I try?

itemyar <yar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Thanks Jack,

I've ordered a second drive, I'll put the "Pagefile" on it!

Waste of time, that wont be the problem. XP runs fine on single drives.

Memory shouldn't be the problem, I have 2 gigs!

Yep.

Plus, I don't have any IDE hard drives; two DVD's on the primary and a Zip drive on the
secondary.

Brand new drive, so I doubt if it's fragmented much, but I'll try that too!

No point, fragmentation wont produce those symptoms.

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"Jack F. Twist" <jack_invalid_f_twist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I missed the first part of this thread, but here are a few things
to check:

1. Make sure DMA mode is enabled for your IDE channels.

2. Make sure XP has a pagefile, preferably on a separate
physical drive (or at least on a separate/dedicated partition on
the same physical drive).

3. Make sure you have adequate system memory to avoid
constant pagefile swapping (at least 512MB, preferably more).

3. Disable XP services that aren't required for your installation
(careful with this one, look up an online guide for this).

4. Keep your drive(s) defragmented.


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