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GPL and WinXP (continued....)

bertr

GPL and WinXP (continued....)

by bertr » Sat, 28 Jun 2003 02:48:22

Unbelievable!  After finally getting GPL to work under FAT 32, with all patches,
graphic updates, etc, I tried copying it over to my NTFS partition.  I made sure
that to allow indexing on the GPL folder and........ it works!

So, now I have 2 identical working GPL installations on my system, one NTFS and
one FAT32.

Now, can someone remind of what XP's default setting was for the Indexing
Service?  (Manual or disabled).?

Bert


> NTFS is a "new" file system that you need to format your hard drive in, in
> order to have XP provide the maximum stability benefits.  However, you can
> partition your drive so you have a separate FAT32 partition (Win 9x's file
> system), and WinXP will recognize it, as well.

> Although I had problems with running GPL under NTFS, I also made some errors
> in copying it over from my old hard drive.  I finally have it working properly
> in a FAT32 partition, but I may give it another go under NTFS.

> For those that still care, I ended up having to _carefully_ copy all of the
> files over to the new drive/system, then I had to re-install all of the
> patches (1.2, D3D, and Fast CPU).  In order to apply the 1/2 patch, I had to
> copy the original GPL.exe from the CD into my GPL directory.  Otherwise the
> patch gave me an erro message saying that I didn't have the correct version of
> GPL.

> Whew!  Well, now, all is right with the world again.  It'll even be better if
> I get GPL to work under NTFS.  I'll report back on my results.

> Bert


> > Pardon my ignorance.  What is NTFS?

> > I'm worried.  Thinking of getting a two new computers which will be
> > networked.  So, probably will be using Windows XP.  Is it always this much
> > hassle to run GPL on a new system with Win XP?

> > Or should I have a separate drive with Win98se on it?

> > TIA for the helpful comments.

> > C. Beaudouin


> > > Hi Guys,

> > > I finally got GPL to run under WinXP, but had to move it to a FAT32
> > > partition.  Nothing I tried would make it run under NTFS.  8-(

> > ...

Malc

GPL and WinXP (continued....)

by Malc » Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:23:38


Well done!

IIRC the indexing service defaults to disabled in XP, it certainly does in
win2k.

I don't think there is much you can base your decision on for deleting one
install or the other, but I guess one will probably load up a little quicker
than the other (no idea which though). Just try them both & see ;-)

Malc.

c beaudoui

GPL and WinXP (continued....)

by c beaudoui » Sat, 28 Jun 2003 05:29:06

Thank you for that quick and informative answer.

C. Beaudouin


> NTFS is a "new" file system that you need to format your hard drive...

Haqsa

GPL and WinXP (continued....)

by Haqsa » Sat, 28 Jun 2003 08:00:31

I think you would probably have to physically remove it.



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