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Reinstalling Windows, halp.
Luca Shoal
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#1
06-15-2009, 12:46 PM

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:\ )


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06-15-2009, 12:55 PM

XP since I'm guessing you are still using old(er) hardware relatively.

You don't have multiple hard drives?


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Luca Shoal
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06-15-2009, 01:25 PM

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.


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06-15-2009, 01:27 PM

40g should be more than enough for windows + programs you can't be arsed to change the directory of, like firefox, office, etc.


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06-15-2009, 02:15 PM

(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 :/



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Luca Shoal
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#6
06-15-2009, 05:20 PM

I'd rather change install directories and have a quick smaller partition for the Windows install :V.


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Luca Shoal
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06-19-2009, 06:45 PM

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)

Code:
Computer:
      Computer Type                                     ACPI Multiprocessor PC
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (not really. XP "Ultimate Edition"
      OS Service Pack                           
      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                               
      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               
      DIMM2: Kingston                                 
      DIMM3: Kingston 9905316-056.A01LF       
      DIMM4: Kingston                                   
      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)
     

    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.


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06-19-2009, 07:47 PM

(06-19-2009, 06:45 PM)TVs Luca link Wrote: Pentium 4

9800GT

thinking NOD32 is the problem here
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Luca Shoal
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#9
06-19-2009, 08:57 PM

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.


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Luca Shoal
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#10
06-20-2009, 11:36 PM

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.


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