Vulcan 0 Posted April 14, 2002 hey... i'm running a dual boot Win Me/XP on separate partitions. is defragmenting the xp partition from win me (norton speed disk) can be harmful ??.... i'm asking because the defragmentation process is SOOO much faster under win me... thanks !! Share this post Link to post
Klark 0 Posted April 14, 2002 I've used Norton's Speed Disk for a few years, and I love it. It's never given me any problems. The first time I used it, I couldn't believe the difference it made in my resources. Placing the swap/page file at the beginning of the hard disk really makes a huge difference. I would say keep using it...Ecspecially if it's the 2002 version, which is for XP. Share this post Link to post
Vulcan 0 Posted April 14, 2002 .........that wasn't my question.... i asked if defragmenting the xp partition while i am using the windows me ..(with any kind of defrag software) can be harmful or is it the same as doing a defrag to the xp partition while using xp os! Share this post Link to post
Admiral LSD 0 Posted April 14, 2002 If the partition is FAT32 (which I'm assuming it is) then there shouldn't be any danger in defragging it through Windows ME but don't take my word for it I've never tried it... Personally I wouldn't even dream of installing XP (or 2k and NT for that matter) on anything less than an NTFS parition... Share this post Link to post
Vulcan 0 Posted April 14, 2002 true...it is a fat32..... why should i change it to ntfs ? Share this post Link to post
CUViper 0 Posted April 15, 2002 Quote: why should i change it to ntfs ? This is a pretty loaded question - check out this thread for a recent (and rather heated) debate on this topic... Share this post Link to post
