New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

The Laptop Tweaking Guide - Page 3

post #41 of 77
9/30/05 at 1:08am
K6, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the guide. Between you and odious I had no troubles whatsoever when I reformatted my XPS this past weekend. It couldn't have been a more seamless operation, and it was all because of you and him. Thanks ever so much. Reputation points coming your way.
Reply
Reply
post #42 of 77
9/30/05 at 1:34am
i cannot reformat! It says that the disk may be damaged!! I think when i tried to format in DOS, after I typed Y when it asked me, it asked me if i wanted to do smtg. with the hard drive that i chose yes to, i think that was the problem...Any thoughts??
anything would be much appreciated!
Reply
Reply
post #43 of 77
9/30/05 at 1:57am
sorry, wrong thread..
Reply
Reply
post #44 of 77
9/30/05 at 2:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by burningrave101
The parition where your just saving stuff wont get fragmented very quickly in comparison.
here we go again on one of the major flaws of every microsoft filesystem...even old alternative fs like ext2 have a more intelligent filemanager, that prevents them from getting fragmented...hope winFS will finally adress this issue...
Reply
Reply
post #45 of 77
10/1/05 at 3:00am
Thread Starter 
erexkiss, I posted in your thread. Glad it helped you JR, that really makes me feel good that I did something to help the community. I want to update the guide again with the suggested additions along with a wireless config section, but I need to get some sleep and time first .

And unfortunately I can only tweak what is given to me, nubber
Reply
Reply
post #46 of 77
10/4/05 at 11:11pm
I got a quick question. Are people download the Dell QuickSet application? I'm formating my computer and just wondering if most people use this tool or not.
Reply
Reply
post #47 of 77
10/4/05 at 11:49pm
Thread Starter 
I dont because I have no need for it, most of the stuff it does I do manually through windows and CHC does my voltage control . Quickset just seems to be a simpler user interface for many options that can be found within Windows XP itself.
Reply
Reply
post #48 of 77
11/10/05 at 1:32am
Great guide Mr.K6. As always.
Reply
Reply
post #49 of 77
11/13/05 at 12:28pm
very nice guide, I'll be using it when my i9300 comes
Reply
Reply
post #50 of 77
11/13/05 at 12:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. K6
Yah, I have no idea why microsoft doesn't support it anymore, but they usually give out info like that. However, if you analyze your hard drive in defrag (don't defrag obviously) after using bootvis, you will see that there are a few files placed in the middle of the freespace in the middle of the graph. These are the files that bootvis has moved. Presumably, these are the boot files that Bootvis has moved to the beginning of the second platter of the your HDD (please correct me if I'm wrong), but they are obviously isolated for a reason. I've used bootvis on XP for awhile and I can definitely see the benefits of it.
I like to use TuneXP instead of Bootvis.

http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php

It's a freeware utility created/hosted by Driverheaven.

It performs a function similar to bootvis as well as many other tweaks such as file system, memory management, etc.
Reply
Reply
post #51 of 77
11/13/05 at 3:05pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the feedback guys

I'll check out TuneXP this winter vacation, I'm hoping to get alot of my work done then. Bootvis is kind of iffy though. It doesn't really work that well wiht SP2, as I myself have found along with other reports. How's it working for other people? I'm thinking of pulling it out of the guide.
Reply
Reply
post #52 of 77
11/14/05 at 5:57am
"Thanx mate!"Great post i really appreciate the time you've spent.Being a noob and not having any friends into computers its posts like these that really help someone like me cheers.
Reply
Reply
post #53 of 77
11/16/05 at 2:21am
Thread Starter 
Glad it helped you out! That's what the community is all about
Reply
Reply
post #54 of 77
12/6/05 at 9:37am
Thanx mate,agreed, "Great Post"!!helps us noobs alot!!
Reply
Reply
post #55 of 77
12/9/05 at 5:57am
what a great guide K6 !!! ... it's nearly 4 am and I'm still glued reading the links you included...

The more I read, the more dumb I feel lol ... God! there's so much to learn!! I'm so stupid... ok where's my Prozac.. I need a double dose tonite!!!

You ROCK man!!
Reply
Reply
post #56 of 77
12/10/05 at 12:13pm
Great post indeed! Thx man
Reply
Reply
post #57 of 77
12/11/05 at 1:48am
Great post. thanks for the help. It will definately assist me in what im needing to do. Keep up the good work
Reply
Reply
post #58 of 77
12/11/05 at 5:03am
Thread Starter 
Thanks guys! Big update coming within the next two-three weeks (as soon as finals are done on the 20th); I think I'll call it v1.5, oooo!

Anyway, feel free to post on anything that was confusing or something that you would like to know about more and I'll try to amend/expand the guide.
Reply
Reply
post #59 of 77
12/11/05 at 6:10am
Nice work K6, Ill be looking forward to the update.
Reply
Reply
post #60 of 77
12/11/05 at 6:26am
Not to steal your shine, Mr. K6 but I think everyone wanting to tweak their laptop should probably go to the following link:

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm

Very helpful IMO. But great work btw, Mr. K6!
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home