Suggish system under NTFS

[marysmcmann]

My laptop has XP Home Edition but was formatted with
NTFS. My desktop has XP Pro formatted with FAT32. The
laptop is now very slow, esp. in typing E-mails or Word
docs. Sometimes it will insert letters and words I
haven't typed. (It's not networked.) Had same problem
on a former computerw/NTFS.

The desktop runs great and is loaded. The laptop doesn't
have a lot of software on it.

Is this a problem with XP formatted in NTSF??

I'm ready to re-format the laptop to FAT32 & re-load
everything.

Thanks--Mary

[R. C. White]

Hi, Mary.

Not likely that your problem has anything to do with NTFS v. FAT32. WinXP
can mix'n'match them completely transparently to you, just as easily as it
reads from a FAT12 floppy disk or a CDFS CD-ROM. The only reason to go back
to FAT32 is if you will be running Win9x/ME, which can't use NTFS. In fact,
you probably should use the convert.exe command in WinXP to convert your
desktop to NTFS.

There are many possible causes for your laptop to be slow, but NTFS is not a
likely suspect. You should, of course, exercise good HD "hygiene" by
cleaning out unneeded files, emptying the Recycle Bin, defragging regularly,
etc.

> Sometimes it will insert letters and words I
> haven't typed.

Many users have found this "ghost typist" to be their microphone and speech
recognition software working overtime. Are you sure your mike is turned off
and not feeding random signals to your programs?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"marysmcmann" > wrote in message
...
> My laptop has XP Home Edition but was formatted with
> NTFS. My desktop has XP Pro formatted with FAT32. The
> laptop is now very slow, esp. in typing E-mails or Word
> docs. Sometimes it will insert letters and words I
> haven't typed. (It's not networked.) Had same problem
> on a former computerw/NTFS.
>
> The desktop runs great and is loaded. The laptop doesn't
> have a lot of software on it.
>
> Is this a problem with XP formatted in NTSF??
>
> I'm ready to re-format the laptop to FAT32 & re-load
> everything.
>
> Thanks--Mary