11/11/2008

[xp] MFT and paging file setting

** MFT and paging file setting

1. Install the minimal operating system from scratch. Do not perform an update from a previous Windows version.

2. Create the volume(s) directly with the NTFS format and do not convert.

3. If you have more than one volume available, create the temporary paging file on the nonbootable volume and set the paging file on the bootable volume to zero.

4. Reboot the system.

5. Add the NtfsMftZoneReservation HKEY to the Registry with value 3.

6. Reboot the system.

7. Create the paging file on the bootable volume with an large initial size.

8. Reboot the system.

9. Run Disk Cleanup (see the next section).

10. Run Disk Defragmenter.

11. Install the rest of the software (operating system and applications).

12. Run Disk Defragmenter.