[RAM-PAGE]

Long gone Bob, and I ain't re-installing just to reproduce the conditions.

What is nice to know is that the computer is running MUCH better than before.

[Bob Cerelli]

Rampage.

No reinstall necessary. Just still wondering where the data is to support the supposed increased in performance by Padding of Master File Tables. Keeps being recommended by you but nothing anywhere to support it.

Hopefully this tech forum is not degenerating to a place where people can just say whatever they want, make any claim, and then tap dance around when asked to simply supply so data to back it up.

So where is the data to backup you claim?

I assume if the next post from you avoids the issue as before, that you don't have anything and are just talking about nothing.

Well all see.......

[Bob Cerelli]

Rampage,

Noticed that some of the performance data you supplied at:
http://forums.techguy.org/showthread...7&page=5&pp=15

Shows very minimal gain, if any.

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"NTFS Performance

Disk subsystem performance is a critically important factor in overall system performance, and NTFS is generally believed to be slower than FAT. However, with a correctly created NTFS volume, NTFS performance optimizations, and improved disk defragmentation, NTFS performance (including the extra "journaling") is equivalent to FAT on small disks and is faster than FAT on large disks.

Furthermore, NTFS performs well when reading, writing, and mounting large volume sizes. FAT32 performance is reduced for volumes larger than 32 GB in two areas:

•Boot time with FAT32 is increased because of the time required to read all of the FAT structure. This must be done to calculate the amount of free space when the volume is mounted.

•Read/write performance with FAT32 is affected because the file system must determine the free space on the disk through the small views of the massive FAT structure. This leads to inefficiencies in file allocation."

Reference

[Bob Cerelli]

But again this is a diversion, has nothing to do with the information in your original post, and is just basic general information from a MS page titled "NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP"

[RAM-PAGE]

Originally Posted by Stoner

I understand, Ian.....

It is nice to meet someone who is so understanding Jac

On the subject of Alcoholism, known to some as Al-Co-Holi-ism

Al 'Illah, Who is a Member of the Company of Holi people is given to M and is currently contemplating a drinking Holiday. (Hic) (Probably Latin that, he said, extending his glass saying, "Add Hock".)

Nice to know that you understand these things.

Maybe this would be better in Civilised Debate or dealt with by the Corps Diplomatique.

[Bob Cerelli]

I like NTFS a lot.