Lo guys,
Hope you're all having a cool Easter.
Let me pose a question, one that's been posed many times, but which I have just started suffering from:
Why does XP get clogged up over time, and why must boot times start to slow? And why is it so sensitive to installs?
All my mates know I'm very very careful with what I install, and what's in my Config file. I use MSCONFIG everytime anything goes into my PC. I nag them (sorry Dakky) about it all the time.
But, even with an Opteron and a Raptor, after about a years use, the boot time are beginning to slow.
You know the little blue thing that scrolls from left to right when XP boots? Well, when I have a new, fresh install of XP it goes round 1 1/2 times.
After XP is sorted and I have al my apps, games etc in it, it still goes round less than twice.
This weekend I thought I'd use DriveImage 7 and clone my hard drive to a new 320gig Samsung, and try it for a few weeks as a boot drive, to compare to my 74gb Raptor.
I created a System Restore point, then installed .Net (I never ever install it as I have no use for it except for Driveimage7) then installed DImage and then copied the drive across.
I've done this many times on EIDE but this is my first crack on SATA.
It failed. I don't know why, but XP wouldn't boot. I guess it's a SATA issue, as the boot sector maybe different PATA from when this software was written. I don't know, but wasn't bothered as I was ok with the Raptor. I was alwaya gonna use the Samsung as a data/files drive long term anyway.
I unistalled (Add Remove Programs) DriveImage. I then Add Removed all the .Net stuff.
Then I used System Restore to my previous XP install.
And now my XP boot up scrolly bar thingy goes round 7 times.
And that...as they say...is that.
And I can't live with it. I just can't. I've unplugged everything...USB headers, spare SATA drive, SATA DVD burner etc...the lot.
It still boots like that...and so I now know I must reinstall XP.
Why is it like that.
/cough
Rant over......![]()


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