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Convert FAT32 file system to NTSF?
Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS
from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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Convert FAT32 file system to NTSF?
Read this before you proceed, you don't want to end up with 512 byte
clusters! http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm John Joe Starin wrote: Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin |
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Joe
It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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Convert FAT32 file system to NTSF?
Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I
add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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Ah!! - this sounds like a mismatch problem!!
Check that the two 512MB sticks are of the same type at least (there are all sorts of timing issuesthat may come into play - see if the SPD data is the same for each stick) It may be that the board is especially sensitive - in which case it's best to attempt to source RAM from the same batch (let alone manufacturer!). It may also be that your board is just not capable of running with that much RAM, due to power issues, or other problems which don't surface until you have that amount of RAM installed. You have already used the [vcache] MixFileCache tweak, I assume?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message .com... Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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Convert FAT32 file system to NTSF?
It appears that both 512 modules may not be identical, although they appear
so, have identical numbers stamped on them, and have identical PC133 SDRAM stickers on them. The one module bears the word Elpida, and has chips made in China. The other module has no name, has alternating chips made in both China and Malaysia, and has PC100 printed on every chip, even though a sticker on the module says PC133 SDRAM. Both were purchased at the same time from the same eBay vendor (who had a very high feedback score and thousands of prior sales.) Did I get duped here? Joe "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah!! - this sounds like a mismatch problem!! Check that the two 512MB sticks are of the same type at least (there are all sorts of timing issuesthat may come into play - see if the SPD data is the same for each stick) It may be that the board is especially sensitive - in which case it's best to attempt to source RAM from the same batch (let alone manufacturer!). It may also be that your board is just not capable of running with that much RAM, due to power issues, or other problems which don't surface until you have that amount of RAM installed. You have already used the [vcache] MixFileCache tweak, I assume?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message .com... Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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I wouldn't say duped - merely that you didn't pay enough for what you needed
(which was matched RAM) ....or didn't ask the right questions of the vendor. I doubt very much that you can have any comeback on the vendor, unless his ad specified that they were matched (even somewhere like BestBuy or PCWorld will sell unmatched RAM given half a chance - and with more realistic chances of comeback!). It's worth having a word with the vendor, and seeing if he can do anything for you - otherwise you may have to write it off to experience, and buy a matched pair, while selling the 'old' pair (separately! g) The fact that the chips on one stick have PC100 printed on them could give you some comeback in law - depending on the wording of the ad (was it sold as PC133?), and how determined you get. What are the other numbers on the chips, or stick? It's often possible to trace the chips through Google to find out what their provenance is, and their true speed - but it does sound as if they are chips that were manufactured as PC100, which someone found 'could' run at PC133 speeds..... but not in the same system as true PC133 RAM. Sorry I can't help more (I don't even have any PC133 of that size here!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . com... It appears that both 512 modules may not be identical, although they appear so, have identical numbers stamped on them, and have identical PC133 SDRAM stickers on them. The one module bears the word Elpida, and has chips made in China. The other module has no name, has alternating chips made in both China and Malaysia, and has PC100 printed on every chip, even though a sticker on the module says PC133 SDRAM. Both were purchased at the same time from the same eBay vendor (who had a very high feedback score and thousands of prior sales.) Did I get duped here? Joe "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah!! - this sounds like a mismatch problem!! Check that the two 512MB sticks are of the same type at least (there are all sorts of timing issuesthat may come into play - see if the SPD data is the same for each stick) It may be that the board is especially sensitive - in which case it's best to attempt to source RAM from the same batch (let alone manufacturer!). It may also be that your board is just not capable of running with that much RAM, due to power issues, or other problems which don't surface until you have that amount of RAM installed. You have already used the [vcache] MixFileCache tweak, I assume?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message .com... Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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Actually, you've helped immensely, Noel. (You, too, John John.)
I did return one 512 stick already (tested poorly via RAM test), asking the vendor to replace it with an exact match to the remaining good stick. Got something that looked identical, but after putting both under a magnifying glass, I noticed the differences mentioned. The vendor has been responsive once, so I'll try again. No other wording or numbers on the RAM, other than what I already noted. Yes, they were sold as PC133, which is what my PC calls for. Appears that at least one was a PC100, huh? If no joy, it's not the end of the world. The memory was inexpensive and if I can't get a refund, I'll find new homes for the RAM (just not the same homes.) I'm glad to at least have an answer. BTW, you mentioned that "I don't even have any PC133 of that size here!" I know where you can get a few sticks VBG. Nice speaking with you again. Cheers, Joe Starin "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... I wouldn't say duped - merely that you didn't pay enough for what you needed (which was matched RAM) ....or didn't ask the right questions of the vendor. I doubt very much that you can have any comeback on the vendor, unless his ad specified that they were matched (even somewhere like BestBuy or PCWorld will sell unmatched RAM given half a chance - and with more realistic chances of comeback!). It's worth having a word with the vendor, and seeing if he can do anything for you - otherwise you may have to write it off to experience, and buy a matched pair, while selling the 'old' pair (separately! g) The fact that the chips on one stick have PC100 printed on them could give you some comeback in law - depending on the wording of the ad (was it sold as PC133?), and how determined you get. What are the other numbers on the chips, or stick? It's often possible to trace the chips through Google to find out what their provenance is, and their true speed - but it does sound as if they are chips that were manufactured as PC100, which someone found 'could' run at PC133 speeds..... but not in the same system as true PC133 RAM. Sorry I can't help more (I don't even have any PC133 of that size here!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . com... It appears that both 512 modules may not be identical, although they appear so, have identical numbers stamped on them, and have identical PC133 SDRAM stickers on them. The one module bears the word Elpida, and has chips made in China. The other module has no name, has alternating chips made in both China and Malaysia, and has PC100 printed on every chip, even though a sticker on the module says PC133 SDRAM. Both were purchased at the same time from the same eBay vendor (who had a very high feedback score and thousands of prior sales.) Did I get duped here? Joe "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah!! - this sounds like a mismatch problem!! Check that the two 512MB sticks are of the same type at least (there are all sorts of timing issuesthat may come into play - see if the SPD data is the same for each stick) It may be that the board is especially sensitive - in which case it's best to attempt to source RAM from the same batch (let alone manufacturer!). It may also be that your board is just not capable of running with that much RAM, due to power issues, or other problems which don't surface until you have that amount of RAM installed. You have already used the [vcache] MixFileCache tweak, I assume?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message .com... Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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You're welcome, Joe - seems like you've got a genuine vendor there, so keep
him sweet! (but hungry g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . com... Actually, you've helped immensely, Noel. (You, too, John John.) I did return one 512 stick already (tested poorly via RAM test), asking the vendor to replace it with an exact match to the remaining good stick. Got something that looked identical, but after putting both under a magnifying glass, I noticed the differences mentioned. The vendor has been responsive once, so I'll try again. No other wording or numbers on the RAM, other than what I already noted. Yes, they were sold as PC133, which is what my PC calls for. Appears that at least one was a PC100, huh? If no joy, it's not the end of the world. The memory was inexpensive and if I can't get a refund, I'll find new homes for the RAM (just not the same homes.) I'm glad to at least have an answer. BTW, you mentioned that "I don't even have any PC133 of that size here!" I know where you can get a few sticks VBG. Nice speaking with you again. Cheers, Joe Starin "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... I wouldn't say duped - merely that you didn't pay enough for what you needed (which was matched RAM) ....or didn't ask the right questions of the vendor. I doubt very much that you can have any comeback on the vendor, unless his ad specified that they were matched (even somewhere like BestBuy or PCWorld will sell unmatched RAM given half a chance - and with more realistic chances of comeback!). It's worth having a word with the vendor, and seeing if he can do anything for you - otherwise you may have to write it off to experience, and buy a matched pair, while selling the 'old' pair (separately! g) The fact that the chips on one stick have PC100 printed on them could give you some comeback in law - depending on the wording of the ad (was it sold as PC133?), and how determined you get. What are the other numbers on the chips, or stick? It's often possible to trace the chips through Google to find out what their provenance is, and their true speed - but it does sound as if they are chips that were manufactured as PC100, which someone found 'could' run at PC133 speeds..... but not in the same system as true PC133 RAM. Sorry I can't help more (I don't even have any PC133 of that size here!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . com... It appears that both 512 modules may not be identical, although they appear so, have identical numbers stamped on them, and have identical PC133 SDRAM stickers on them. The one module bears the word Elpida, and has chips made in China. The other module has no name, has alternating chips made in both China and Malaysia, and has PC100 printed on every chip, even though a sticker on the module says PC133 SDRAM. Both were purchased at the same time from the same eBay vendor (who had a very high feedback score and thousands of prior sales.) Did I get duped here? Joe "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Ah!! - this sounds like a mismatch problem!! Check that the two 512MB sticks are of the same type at least (there are all sorts of timing issuesthat may come into play - see if the SPD data is the same for each stick) It may be that the board is especially sensitive - in which case it's best to attempt to source RAM from the same batch (let alone manufacturer!). It may also be that your board is just not capable of running with that much RAM, due to power issues, or other problems which don't surface until you have that amount of RAM installed. You have already used the [vcache] MixFileCache tweak, I assume?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message .com... Good point. For some odd reason, the very random crashes only occur when I add the second stick of 512 RAM, boosting the RAM from 768 to 1G. When the two 512 sticks are installed together, the very random problem occurs, even though the sticks test okay. But, replace one of the 512s with an original 256 and no probs at all. Can't figure it out. Wife needs extra memory for Photoshop, InDesign, etc. Hmmmm. Joe Thanks for your replies, Noel and John. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Joe It's extremely likely that converting your filesystem to NTFS will NOT change the performance - and every chance that the system will crash during the process, resulting in total loss of data! Fix the problem first - then worry about NTFS!!!!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joe Starin" wrote in message . net... Recently took an older (4+ years) Dell, upgraded the RAM and upgraded the OS from ME to XP Home SP2. Every so often, I get a random crash, the system immediately reboots and Windows proceeds to check the file system. After that's done, I get a quick message saying that Windows recovered from a serious (or other word) crash. Then everything runs like normal. Could go days or weeks w/o a crash. Very clean PC. No dust or bad fans. 1.6GHz, 60GB HD, 1GB RAM. Should I have changed the file system to NTFS before installing XP? Can I do it now w/o reformatting? A poster on one of the XP newsgroups offered this advice to another poster, but I wanted to run it by the gurus here to confirm that it's a good idea for me: begin quote "Yes, there is one way to convert FAT32 to NTFS without wiping out my disk with a reformat. Simply follow steps below Click on: Start - Run - type "cmd"- At the prompt type "CONVERT C:/FS:NTFS" end quote Thanks, as always. Joe Starin -- Joseph R. Starin 2025 Radcliffe Drive Westlake, Ohio 44145-3246 440.223.TEXT (8398) email: blog: www.joecalled.blogspot.com |
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