kycolonel42276 0 Posted March 26, 2003 What could cause opening a file or saving a file, plus other simple tasks, to take several minutes? I have a Dell 8200, 80 Gig harddrive, 512 memory. Lots of harddrive, lots of memory, no problems there but my computer just takes forever to perform simple tasks. This has been going on for almost a year now. I would like to reformat and start from scratch and even revert over to ntfs but have read that a lot of people have had problems reformatting windows 2000. Share this post Link to post
Tomay 0 Posted March 26, 2003 First you should backup all your files. (Just for safety) Then you could repair the instalation. Just boot from the windows2000 CD and select repair. It might help but it probably won't. If it doesn't reformat and do a fresh install. Share this post Link to post
kycolonel42276 0 Posted March 28, 2003 I've reformatted windows 98 on several occasions but never on Windows 2000 Professional. Is there a step by step procedure somewhere to walk me through it. I've read about others who have had major complications after reformatting Windows 2000. Do I need to fdisk first and repartition? I would like to get my computer back to the way it was orginally when I bought it. Share this post Link to post
kycolonel42276 0 Posted March 28, 2003 I am not running any apps such as Diskeeper nor indexing service so neither of these apply to my situation...sorry. I am sure that my problems goes way back to the first few months after getting my first Windows 2000, not knowing anything about it and messing around with things that I shouldn't. Over time, I've just messed it up more. I am now considering using a software such as Partition Magic to reformat and partition, possibly even dual booting using Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I've never used anything like Partition Magic so am quite dumb about it all. What I am curious to know is: With an 80 Gig harddrive, what size partitions do I need if I want to keep my Windows 2000 secure and problem free and also to switch it to nfts while using Windows 98 for working with programs, files, documents, etc. I build/maintain several websites so I need quite a lot of space for html files, templates, photos and such. I would gladly appreciate any help anyone can give me....Thanks in advance P.S. If I download the software Partition Magic from the internet, installing it on my computer, without having the physical disk, once I do the partitions, then reformat, won't I lose the Partition Magic software in the reformat process and not be able to use it again? Just a dumb question that makes me wonder if I am purchasing a piece of software to be used only once. Share this post Link to post
