windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> wrote on : >>> I would say it's faster by a minute or two. Never thought of timing it, >>> but it was a noticable difference. >> >> That much??! What hardware do you have and what do you load when booting, >> for it to take such time? Have you defragged lately? > > I don't have as much starting up as I use to have, that's for sure. > What I have is a MSI MB (too lazy to look up the specs). AMD Athlon 2500 > (Barton), 1GB 400mhz ram, 2-80GB drives one 200GB SATA drive. (soon to > be two) MSI GeForce FX-5200 video card. A CD burner, a DVD burner and a > DVD-ROM drive. Not a screamer, but maybe one day I'll be able to get > that "ultimate" computer. :-) Doesn't sound much different from my admin-wks, except I have a barton xp3000+. So hw-raid is something to depend upon even on a workstation. Hmmm... I'll see what the boss says. 8-) ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm