Long story short, asking for opinions on what to use and/or advice. I'm partitioning off like...20Gb for Windows itself on my HDD, the rest for general use programs. I've already got a partitioned drive for my games and such.
Any other advice would be nice too (ie, backing up program settings. I've got Rainmeter and ObjectDock running and wanna back that stuff up. That and Trillian are the two important ones still on C:\ )
XP since I'm guessing you are still using old(er) hardware relatively.
You don't have multiple hard drives?
I do Caff :V. "I've already got a partitioned drive for games and such" ie, my other HDD, my D: and E: drives. E: is for music and pictures and that stuff, D: for programs. Any suggestions on how to partition my first HDD? Which is 120Gb.
And I'm getting the latest 'Windows Ultimate' version currently. 4Gb file is biiiiiig.
40g should be more than enough for windows + programs you can't be arsed to change the directory of, like firefox, office, etc.
(06-15-2009, 01:27 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ]40g should be more than enough for windows + programs you can't be arsed to change the directory of, like firefox, office, etc.
this, but only if games are installed to an another drive/partition.
Although IMO I got sick of having to do that and just made my system partition large enough to use default install directories. It's a pain, esp in 64-bit Vista, because it'll generate 4 Program Files directories (two on your primary drive, two on your alternate) for x86 and x64 software :/
I'd rather change install directories and have a quick smaller partition for the Windows install :V.
Welp. My main reason for reinstalling was to see if I could make TF2 and L4D run right. And..it didn't do anything for em. Same problem as I've always had (though...it COULD be Nod32 is using to many resources, haven't checked that and will do so momentarily.) I pass the minimum and required specs for both (save for processor for L4D, which meets minimum specs)
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Computer:
   Computer Type                  ACPI Multiprocessor PC
   Operating System                 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (not really. XP "Ultimate Edition"
   OS Service Pack             Â
   Internet Explorer                7.0.5730.13 (IE 7.0)
   DirectX                     4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
   Computer Name                  FOXBOX (FoxBox)
   User Name                    Luca
   Logon Domain              Â
   Date / Time                   2009-06-19 / 19:39
  Motherboard:
   CPU Type                     Intel Pentium 4 530, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
   Motherboard Name                 Asus P5GD2 (3 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
   Motherboard Chipset               Intel Grantsdale i915P
   System Memory                  3 or 4 Gb
   DIMM1: Kingston 9905316-056.A01LF      Â
   DIMM2: Kingston                Â
   DIMM3: Kingston 9905316-056.A01LF  Â
   DIMM4: Kingston                Â
   BIOS Type                    AMI (09/26/04)
   Communication Port                Communications Port (COM1)
   Communication Port                ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
  Display:
   Video Adapter                  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (512 MB)
   3D Accelerator                  nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
   Monitor                     Dell 1708FP (Analog) [17" LCD] (KU789775GFBX)
  Multimedia:
   Audio Adapter                  C-Media CMI9880 @ Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]
  Storage:
   IDE Controller                  Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2652
   IDE Controller                  Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
   Storage Controller                ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller
   Disk Drive                    WDC WD5000AACS-00G8B0 (465 GB, IDE)
   Disk Drive                    WDC WD800BB-00CAA1 (74 GB, IDE)
  Partitions:
   C: (NTFS)                    11 odd, this is the 'trial version' of the report program and didn't say. G: partition is on the same HDD
   D: (NTFS)                    279.9 GB (80.2 GB free) E: partition on same HDD
   E: (NTFS)                    185.9 GB (106.8 GB free)
   G: (NTFS)                    65005 MB (64884 MB free)
  Â
  Input:
   Keyboard                     HID Keyboard Device
   Mouse                      Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse
  Network:
   Primary IP Address                [ TRIAL VERSION ]
   Primary MAC Address               00-11-D8-6A-B2-20
   Network Adapter                 Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (192. [ TRIAL VERSION ])
And now to test if disabling the Nod32 stuff helps.
(06-19-2009, 06:45 PM)TVs Luca link Wrote: [ -> ]Pentium 4
9800GT
thinking NOD32 is the problem here
[img=760x749]http://rocketdock.com/images/screenshots/jj.png[img]
Don't be a cockface Jew Blues and actually be useful for once :V.
Also. Yeah. It was Nod32. I had no idea it had a Firewall, totally serious.
well it worked for one day. Then everything went back to how it's been. I tried to play tonight, and my ping was over 900 when I finally logged out. This was on server 1, 20 people, and I'd only been there three minutes at the most.
e - Caff suggested I call my ISP, which I will on Monday if I remember to.