Nadesico158
Junior Member
Hello , im reinstalling windows and i wanna know how to do it so i get good proformance , things like tweaks , what to enable / disable,security,and gaming proformance and im also installing windows XP on a SATA drive , i have just 1 SATA Drive , but i dont know how to install to a SATA drive.
System is the following:
P4 2.8C (non overclocked)
INTEL D875PBZLK
1 gig dual channle optimized OCZ ram PC3200
Radeon 9800 PRO A-I-W
maxtor 120GB SATA HDD w/ 8mb cache
WD 80gig 8mb cache ATA100
Audigy 2 OEM
ANTEC SX1040 case with 400w antec Power supply
black Liteon 16X DVD/48x24x48CDRW combo drive
generic black floppy
5$ keyboard
4$ ball mouse
40$ speakers
4 case fans
1)partiton C:/ 10gb , D:/ 110GB
2)install windows XP pro to C:/ - when option to install raid drivers comes up hit f6 and put SATA driver disk in drive.
3)when windows is done installing , set UDMA in device manager
4)uncheck reboot on error
5)Set msn messanger not to boot on loading windows
6)format D:/ from disk management
7)copy all my programs / drivers / updates to D:/
8)install SP1
9)disable remote assistance options
10)uncheck automatic updates
11)Install chipset drivers only -> REBOOT
12)install USB 2.0 drivers from device manager -> REBOOT
13)install direct X9.0b -> Reboot
14)install lan drivers / test internet connection
15)install all NON driver windows updates
16)patch Windows Messanger
17)install all NON Video/Sound/TV tuner drivers
18)install TV-Capture-WDM Codecs , DONT REBOOT,install ATI driver,REBOOT,install ati control panel,DONT REBOOT,go to services and make sure ATI smart service is set to run automaticly,REBOOT,reboot a second time to engauge smartgart utility
19)install sound drivers
20)install norton and run WinDoctor and repair errors
21)get Sun Java to help prevent random reboots/BSOD's
22)tweak very lightly (disable indexing,messanger,ect)
23)benchmark & compare with similar systems
24)image drive if everything is stable and working.
would you do anything differently?
EDIT:just noticed the operating system forum,feel free to move if needed.
System is the following:
P4 2.8C (non overclocked)
INTEL D875PBZLK
1 gig dual channle optimized OCZ ram PC3200
Radeon 9800 PRO A-I-W
maxtor 120GB SATA HDD w/ 8mb cache
WD 80gig 8mb cache ATA100
Audigy 2 OEM
ANTEC SX1040 case with 400w antec Power supply
black Liteon 16X DVD/48x24x48CDRW combo drive
generic black floppy
5$ keyboard
4$ ball mouse
40$ speakers
4 case fans
1)partiton C:/ 10gb , D:/ 110GB
2)install windows XP pro to C:/ - when option to install raid drivers comes up hit f6 and put SATA driver disk in drive.
3)when windows is done installing , set UDMA in device manager
4)uncheck reboot on error
5)Set msn messanger not to boot on loading windows
6)format D:/ from disk management
7)copy all my programs / drivers / updates to D:/
8)install SP1
9)disable remote assistance options
10)uncheck automatic updates
11)Install chipset drivers only -> REBOOT
12)install USB 2.0 drivers from device manager -> REBOOT
13)install direct X9.0b -> Reboot
14)install lan drivers / test internet connection
15)install all NON driver windows updates
16)patch Windows Messanger
17)install all NON Video/Sound/TV tuner drivers
18)install TV-Capture-WDM Codecs , DONT REBOOT,install ATI driver,REBOOT,install ati control panel,DONT REBOOT,go to services and make sure ATI smart service is set to run automaticly,REBOOT,reboot a second time to engauge smartgart utility
19)install sound drivers
20)install norton and run WinDoctor and repair errors
21)get Sun Java to help prevent random reboots/BSOD's
22)tweak very lightly (disable indexing,messanger,ect)
23)benchmark & compare with similar systems
24)image drive if everything is stable and working.
would you do anything differently?
EDIT:just noticed the operating system forum,feel free to move if needed.