win2k & comp problem please help!

[dannyaa]

ok my friend built a computer from internet parts through www.pricewatch.com (actually my friend got help from another friend of his who did this, but now that friend who built it for him is in new york). So ANYWAY, he built this computer and had it all set up with win2000. the computer was to the best of my knowledge:
1.4 Athlon w/KT133 Mobo @ 266 FSB
Dual 60GB IBM Deskstar HDs
256MB crucial memory
soundblaster live
matrox video card (i forget the model, its the one that does dual monitor stuff good)

ok so the problem was his computer would freeze alot and so he wanted to format, so he moved his stuff to the other HD (D, and formatted the (C drive with all his root stuff on it. OK here's where problems start.
So win2k doesn't use FAT32, but NTFS, so to format using the old disks with FDISK on it first the HD partitions were deleted and then it was formatted w/FAT16. Then IBM software went to be used and it made it one large partition that could be recognized as 60 rather than 2. Then win2k went to be installed, and it said you could leave it as a FAT hard drive or convert it to NTFS or format it to NTFS, so he chose to format it to NTFS (was that a good move?). Then win2k was installed.
Now everything is up and running, but the problem is the computer acts slow. Example, when playing music off of winamp and surfing the internet, the sound cuts in and out. When playing the windows media player animations full screen it runs choppy. Sometimes the whole computer will slow to a chug for about 20 seconds and the mouse and sound will run really choppy. ITs what you'd expect performance wise from say a Pentium 200 running win2k and stuff, but this is a new top of the line system. Also before formatting this didnt happen.
I tried to help him figure it out and we installed the latest via 4-in-1 drivers and sound card stuff and I checked for background applications but none of that was the problem. Could someone please help? Does anyone know what the problem is or any possible solutions? Could it have anything to do with changing the HD to NTFS?
Thanks for the help!

Danny

 

[marty10g]

reading other post it could be your sound blaster not being compatable with win2k

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[dannyaa]

no it didn't do it before, plus it isnt just slow with sound its other stuff too

 

[NickM]

Sorry, can't help you in the situation you guys are already having.
As i see, you're doing reinstall pretty good with no problem.
If it is so, next time before you guys reinstall Win2000, make several floppies ready.
After Win2000 install, check that everything from Accessories, Games (came with Win2K) running fine.
Make the first Emergensy Repair Disk (ERD) with regestry backup.
Then install all your programs one by one. Every time check the speed of the system and the programs, and create the next ERD and mark it accordingly on what was installed.
If something wrong discovered, you guys always have a possibility to uninstall and return your system to one (or several) step(s) back into good working previous conditions.
And you also will be able to know what causes the problem.
Good luck.

 

[mbetea]

really i wouldn't trust fdisk. have had many a hang up on w2k install with it. if you have a bootable w2k cd, why not change the bios boot sequence to the cdrom and boot from the cd and do all your formatting/partitioning during the install? also too, w2k can handle fat32, what size partition did you make in fdisk for the fat16 format? if you're going to run w2k, i wouldn't see why even just for the OS partition to not format using ntfs.

CPUs are like testicles, every computer should have 2!

 

[NickM]

...really i wouldn't trust fdisk. have had many a hang up on w2k install with it...

No, you couldn’t use Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) for new Win2000 installation.

The ERD along with registry backup option is a part of Win2000 backup utility and used only as backup option,
not for new installation.

I was talking only about backup and possible repair here.
And as I mentioned at the beginning, I guessed the guys are pretty good acknowledged about new installation,
that’s why I don’t talk about it here.

Boot from the CD is another method, and it also might ask for a ERD during repair.
And if you don’t have any ERD, you’d better say good-buy to all your previous settings and programs installed.

That was my point: when installing your programs one-by-one, do the registry backup after every new installation.
Just in case you got some wrong and need to uninstall.

By the way, it mandatory when working on customer's or corporate computer, you must create an ERD after every program installed or update.
And ERD worked good to me on WinNT also.