RE: Re[2]: NT 4.0 on a TP760CD P120..nee

["King, Randall" <rjking@kodak.com>]

No, it's not a problem with FAT vs. NTFS.  I am using FAT on my 760CD.  I 
actually dual boot into Windows 3.1 (don't ask).  My install wasn't on a 
clean HD.  I had Win95 and Win3.1 in a dual boot configuration.  I removed 
Win95 (booted with a floppy, SYS'ed the drive, manually deleted Win 95), and 
then from a standard Windows 3.1 on top of IBM PCDOS 5.02 (again, please 
don't ask!), I ran the install for NT4.0.  Everything loaded smooth as 
glass.  I did have some problems with the Ethernet card (a Megahertz card), 
but that was after the install was complete.

Do you have networking support on the laptop?  Perhaps try removing some of 
the elements you don't need (ie Peer web services).  My system only has 16M 
of RAM, and boot takes about 30 seconds.  I have networking support through 
an ethernet card.  Also, are you using Server or Workstation?  Workstation 
doesn't load as many drivers, and should load quicker, that is what I am 
using.  Also, I am using version 4.00.1381 (Properties on My Computer).

Is you drive Doublespaced or Stacker'ed (word?).  I don't even know if you 
can do this with NT, but I would assume it causes problems.

I do have the enhanced video running (from the CD), and the new MWave from 
IBM's site.  I don't think the problem lies there.

That's the whole story.  I don't know what else I can tell you.  Except for 
the Ethernet card, everything went OK.

RK
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>From: emr
>To: thinkpad; Nick
>Subject: Re[2]: NT 4.0 on a TP760CD P120..need more ram?
>Date: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 8:07AM
>
>     Thanks for your reply(s). This was a clean NT 4 install. I have not
>     gone through and removed any unused services yet. I am not totally
>     sure which ones I need or do not need yet. Would having pagefile.sys
>     on a separate partition help much? And is there that big of a
>     difference in NTFS vs. FAT performance?
>
>
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>Subject: Re: NT 4.0 on a TP760CD P120..need more ram?
>Author:  Nick@atlas.mis.mei.com at Gateway
>Date:    11/18/96 5:25 PM
>
>
>Well, I got a 760E with 40 M RAM running it fine and dandy.. runs
>even faster now than my desktop 90mhz (the desktop wins under 95, but
>the TP smokes on NT4!!)
>
>Somebody had posted the right way to get NT loaded on here, and then
>it was just a matter of reloading all the IBM stuff.. Your problem
>might be that (and this does sound like something that Redmond would
>do) NT 4 works better if you use NTFS, rather than FAT. And, did you
>do the install from a clean drive? I tried to get it to work nice
>from 95, until I heard about how screwed up it could get, resulting
>from the Registry differences. I ended up just throwing it on a clean
>drive.
>
>
>
>>      Have got a 760CD with 32mb of ram running NT 4.0. Boots are slow and 

>>      it does a lot of disk swapping even after it's up, so I assume I've
>>      got a lot of things getting loaded that don't need to be. I tried
>>      disabling MWAVE under ControlPanel/Devices (to free up some RAM) but 

>>      then it wouldn't boot and I got a blue screen dump, so had to revert 

>>      to the original configuration. Anybody got a list of things to do to 

>>      optimize a ThinkPad under NT (and how to do it if possible)?
>>
>>      By the way, it is a FAT partition. Swap space is set to between 45 
and
>>      85mb. Display is set to 32k(m?) colors. Any and all sugestions are
>>      welcome. Thanks.
>>
>>
>Nick Rushizky  ---> nick@atlas.mis.mei.com
>Marquette Medical Systems
>PC Support Help Desk
>All opinions are my fault only.
>