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Also, if you are installing XP on a new drive or somesuch, make sure to create a 6 GB partition for just XP and the paging file. Install all programs on a second partition. Then, move critical settings folders such as My Documents and Program Files onto the data partition with TweakUI (available on microsoft.com under XP power toys, or some other random locations for the pre-XP version of TweakUI). Export a nice, clean version of the registry after installing your programs to use in the future. This way, when windows decides it is time to implode, you can just format the windows partition and reinstall, losing no real data. In fact, you can do this as a preventive measure every 4 to 6 months to keep it running smoothly.
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Uh, sorry, but that's just a tad bit over my head. Not a lot, but a tad. But thanks Fyron, I'll give it a go and teach myself.
Further OT: Does anyone know of an upper echelon graphics card that does dualhead? My Matrox G550 is great, but is starting to hang on some stuff.
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