Hi,
I'm considering upgrading my 1GB sd card to either a 2GB or a 4GB card.
My question is will the MDA PRO recognize these sizes and are there any brands that one might need to avoid
KR,
BTC500
betatesterc500 said:
Hi,
I'm considering upgrading my 1GB sd card to either a 2GB or a 4GB card.
My question is will the MDA PRO recognize these sizes and are there any brands that one might need to avoid
KR,
BTC500
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I've had a reply on wwwPocketinfo.nl :
http://www.europe.htc.com/support/faq.html?id=29
For info on maximum card sizes for HTC brands.
Also on another site I found the following:
Source: (http://www.pocketpc-live.com/partition-sd-cards.html)
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A Pocket pc live supporter has submitted an another intresting tutorial.
Introduction
Transcend and several other manufacturers make 4GB SD cards these days. They're great if you use your HTC device as MP3 player or Camera, as they offer enough space for thousands of songs and pictures.
My device, the HTC Universal, handles them just fine. However some applications, most notably the Camera application, don't like it.
Why some apps don't like it
The main problem here is the way in which they calculate the free space.
the processor is 32-bit, which means it can handle numbers ranging from 0 to 2^32. 4GB is exactly 2^32 bytes, so that shouldn't be the problem.
The problem is that applications sometimes handle the number as signed, which means that it differentiates between negative and positive numbers.
With signed numbers, the last bit is actually used as the sign (positive or negative), and the new range stretches from -2^31 (-2GB) to 2^31 (2GB).
Up to 2^31, the unsigned numbers and signed numbers are the same, but after that the last bit is set in unsigned numbers, which means that if treated as signed it will be seen as a negative number.
So if you have more than 2GB free, and the application mistreats the number of bytes free as being signed, the application actually thinks you have less than 0 bytes free
How to fix this?
There are several ways to fix this. The most simple one would be to have a simple dummy file so you always have less than 2GB free. This works for the camera application, but any miscoded application taking a look at the actual size of the disk will still screw up
The other solution is partitioning your SD-card. This means that you actually split the SD-card up into several virtual SD-cards of smaller sizes. So one SD-card of 4GB could be seen as four of 1GB (my set up).
This way you still have 4GB of storage, but applications will not get confused as it's split up into several chunks.
WARNING
Before you start remember to back up the current data on your SD-Card. the procedure will completely erase your SD-card. You might be able to retain the data by using partitionmagic's resize partition features, but you'd have to test yourself.
Also I'd like to mention that although I tested this procedure myself, I can't garantuee it will work for you. If it renders your SD-card useless, I can not be held responsible.
My set-up
This tutorial was written using:
- T-Mobile MDA Pro (HTC Universal)
- Windows XP SP2 MCE (equivilant to Pro)
- Transcend 150x 4GB SD-Card
It might work with a different set-up, but I can't garantuee anything
Requirements
- Windows Mobile 5
- WM5Storage (do not use CardExport2, you need the ability to turn off "Removable Class"!)
- Big SD-Card
Let's get started
Just follow the following steps
* First, make a backup of your SD-card! the following procedure will erase it!
* Next, install WM5Storage. The latest version can be found here.
Just copy the .cab file to your device, and execute it from the file explorer. Just make sure you install on the main memory, as the SD-card becomes inaccessible during the procedure
* Start WM5Storage. On my device, WM5Storage did not put anything in the start menu or the today screen, so I had to launch it through the file-explorer. You can find it at My Device\Program Files\WM5Storage\.
* Be sure to untick both "Read-Only" and "Removable Class". Optionally you can set it to light a LED on read/write, but that's not neccesarry for this procedure.
* Disconnect your device from your computer.
* Insert the SD-Card if you haven't done so already
* Hit "Activate" (bottom, right)
* Re-connect your device to your computer.
* From now on all steps are done from the PC
* Wait until windows has recognized all "new hardware", and you have new a new hard-drive listed in "My Computer".
* Open the control panel (Start -> Control Panel)
* Go to either Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools (category view) or directly to Administrative Tools (Classic View)
* Double-Click Computer Management
* Go to Computer Management (Local) -> Storage -> Disk Management (might take a little while to find all drives)
* In the bottom view, find the disk that has your SD-card in it (You can find out by looking at the contents through "My Computer", or by seeing which disk is added once you plug in your WM device)
* Right click the partition (white block ), and choose for Delete Partition
* In the just created "Unallocated" space, right click, and choose for New Partition
* In the wizard:
* choose for a Primary Partition
* For size, enter 1024MB (or if there is no more remaining, just the remainder). Ofcourse you can also choose your own size
* Assign any drive-letter you want (or none if you only want it to be accessible on the WM Device).
* Format the partition as Filesystem FAT32, Allocation unit size Default, and pick any volume label you want (You will only see the volume label on the PC, on the WM Device it will just be "Storage Card X". Also tick "Perform a quick format"
* Wait until the bottom line in the new partition reads "Healthy" (wait for it to format basically )
* Create as much partitions as you'd like (just resume from right-clicking and picking New partition)
* You're done partitioning! If you want, you can fill the contents of the SD-Card now before you deactivate WM5Storage
* Disconnect the device from the computer
* Next few steps on the Device
* Click "Deactivate" (same place as "Activate" was before )
* Close WM5Storage
* You're all done! have fun with the multiple storage cards you have now
4GB is no problem
crazybat2000 said:
4GB is no problem
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What brand and type are you using ?
Or can any brand or type be used? I am considering a TRansend Ultra Performance 150X Secure Digital of 4 GB.
Does the 150X make any difference compared to 133X
betatesterc500 said:
What brand and type are you using ?
Or can any brand or type be used? I am considering a TRansend Ultra Performance 150X Secure Digital of 4 GB.
Does the 150X make any difference compared to 133X
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I use the Kingmax 150X SD Card of 2GB,but i know the 4GB work good,some one has used it.
yes, choose Transend are right ,it's better than kingmax
i think there is no difference between 133X and 150X when it used on the PDA.
Related
Hi all!
I'm Markino from Italy and I've got some question about I-Mate Jam.
I don't undertand the memory management of this device: how the RAM-ROM and MMC are used by the Windows Mobile 2003 SE? If I install an application, where the files are stored? If the battery drops down what I'll lose?
Many thanks and sorry for my bad English!
Marco
Marco, in theory you should let Windows to manage your memory. The i-mate JAM has 64MB of ROM and 64MB of RAM. The ROM is mostly occupied with OS and other 3rd party software that installs automatically when you hard reset the phone. Part of this ROM is also used when using the "Permanent Storage" feature of the OS, where it lets you save some files, contacts, etc.
What should really interest you is the RAM. The OS uses this RAM for running programs (like the RAM on your PC) and the rest is used for storage. If you go to Start -> Settings -> Memory, the OS will tell you how much of your RAM is being used for Running Programs and how much is used for Storage.
The safest place for your data would be an SD Card, as anything stored on the SD card will stay in tact after a hard reset.
Thanks kta! You're great!
Well.. in your opinion what is the best way to use the Jam's RAM with a 512MB SD installed?
I can configure the device to use all the RAM space to run program and store all the file and app. in the SD or it's better to use a part of RAM to some particoular application?
The SD Ultra II are really faster in the Jam?
The more free RAM you have the faster your mobile works. I would suggest installing most of your programs on the storage card. Before installing a program make sure that it can run smoothly on an SD card. Most programs do work well when installed on the storage card so it shouldn never be a problem.
Having said that, RAM is MUCH faster than an SD card, although modern SD cards like the UltraII give over 9MB per second (66x) write speed.
A more complex option (the one I'm using) is to install a hacked ROM (aka Big Storage ROM) where you will be able to gain an extra 27MB of Storage (i.e. in RAM). You can then use this storage space for installing programs and these should work slightly faster than when installed on an SD card. However, installing the hacked ROM requires some experience with ROMS and would not suggest you go for it unless you want to end up with your JAM stuck in bootloader mode :wink:
With regards to SD cards, the faster the speed (i.e. 40x, 66x, 133x) the better.
And if you intend to use your JAM as an MP3 player I would suggest going for a 1GB or 2GB SD card. The price difference usually justifies the extra space! Before buying a 2GB card, check these forums for compatibility issues as some of them did not work on the JAM.
Hope I didn't confuse you more!
SD card speed on the JAM makes no difference for operating the device, since the JAM can only read/write the SD card at the standard speed - buying a faster card makes no difference.
A faster card is useful if you frequently copy large files between your SD card and your PC, but for the JAM it makes no difference.
I'm upgrading my Advantage to a 4GB Mini SDHC card from a 2GB MiniSD card. I'd like to format both cards so that each is "fresh". Is it possible to do this in the Advantage, or do these cards need to be formatted from the PC?
Thanks,
Ron
don't format with the PC. Use pocket mechanics professional or sktools.
For the mini, make sure your setting is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 16
For miniSDHC, make sure the option is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 32
That will give you the best read/write performance.
eaglesteve said:
don't format with the PC. Use pocket mechanics professional or sktools.
For the mini, make sure your setting is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 16
For miniSDHC, make sure the option is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 32
That will give you the best read/write performance.
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Thanks for the info. But I need to purchase another utility to be able to do this? I've already purchased MemMaid which I like a lot, but there doesn't seem to be any card formatting options. Or is it that Mini SD cards don't really *require* formatting?
Rambler358 said:
Thanks for the info. But I need to purchase another utility to be able to do this? I've already purchased MemMaid which I like a lot, but there doesn't seem to be any card formatting options. Or is it that Mini SD cards don't really *require* formatting?
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have you tried the trial version of sktools?
When the card is first delivered to you, they're already formatted. However, once in a while they get corrupted. That's when you may need to do this again. If you find the system freeze constantly or if you have missing files, chances are you have a lost clustered or chains. Sometimes I can recover them with pocket mechanics professional. At other times I prefer to start clean again by reformatting, just like we sometimes do with the microdrive.
eaglesteve said:
don't format with the PC. Use pocket mechanics professional or sktools.
For the mini, make sure your setting is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 16
For miniSDHC, make sure the option is
- do not backup FAT table
- cluster size set at 32k
- Fat 32
That will give you the best read/write performance.
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I am interested to know why you do not recommend formatting with the PC. And, why the difference in File Allocation Tables between the 2 cards?
Rick76 said:
I am interested to know why you do not recommend formatting with the PC. And, why the difference in File Allocation Tables between the 2 cards?
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The last time I formatted with PC, my system kept hanging and the SKtool performance test rating plummetted to as low as 20 kb/s.
One of the key differences between normal SD(including miniSD and microSD) and SDHC (including miniSDHC and microSDHC) is the FAT thingy. It's just the way things work.
I bought A Sandisk 1GB Mini SD Card off of ebay for $10
-just the the card no card reader, or adaptor of any sort.
I insert it into my wizard, and it fits it with the spring loaded mechnism fine, but when I go to memory managment, im not sure if it knows it's there or not
Memory management will say that, that "external storage": "Not Installed"?
But when I go to take pictures, I go to the utilities/options menu, then general tab, and it doesnt even acknowledge that theres their a card in the slot, only seeing system memory.
So my question is, are their any programs that can/will format my card, or implement something to make it work?
I have Total Commander(not installed), and thinking about downloading this program called "SKTools". Would these programs work.
Cause not only is this a brand new card, but i have pictures and programs that I want to get installed on this device.
-Ive already amazed myself by using the Lockiwiz, to unlock my phone(having only 2-days worth of exp with a smartphone device)
-taken a few pictures, which i have to downloading off my wizard through activesync
-An some other freeware programs that want to install themselves on the system memory
Please help, all/ and any post greatly appreciated
Thanks!
EDIT: I downloaded SKTools onto my device, and its a cool program( I think its a alternate version of total commander but you pay for it?), but it doesnt recognize my Mini SD card either!!
-I also found this program called "WM5Storage", in the description it say that it's specialty is dealing with "external storage", downloading/ and uploading without the need of activesync?
I used Paragon Partition Manager to partition my minisdhc
panasonic
SDFormatter
the setup maybe you find in www
here is the program-folder,
just extract to c:\programs\
or use a CANON DIGITAL IXUS 65 or else DigiCam
1. What you need :
- only SDHC at minimum 2GB, format sd in NTFS
- I use Avast Pro 4.8 as antivirus, very quick respond
2. Install Vista Service Pack 1
3. Check for all windows update, and apply all the updates
4. Start - Run - type in start search - services.msc
disable in the 'startup type' - this sevices :
* DFS Replication
* Computer Browser
* Distributed Link Tracking Client
* IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
* IP Helper
* IPsec Policy Agent
* KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
* Offline Files
* Remote Registry
* Secondary Logon
* Security Center (Use caution if you disable security services!)
* SSDP Discovery
* Terminal Services
* Windows Defender (Ditto the above warning!)
* Windows Error Reporting Service
* Desktop Windows Manager
Disable Aero
Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings
tab 'Advance' - in group 'Performance' choose setting - in tab 'visual effects
choose 'Custom'
- disable everything, except :
+ show windows while content dragging
+ smooth edges of screen fonts
+ use visual styles on windows and buttons
more info bout this @ http://katz.cd/download/1980259/Other/Ultimate-Vista-Tweak-Guide/
5. Use Tune Up Utilities 2008, and just follow 1-click maintenance
this is the software of tune up http://rapidshare.com/files/145411607/Tune_Up_Utilities_2008.rar.html
Tune up will also clean up after sp1 installation trash, save up to 1,7GB in my result
6. Block your virtual memory on C drive at max : 1530mb, and min : 1530mb
Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings
tab 'Advance' - group 'Performance' choose setting - in tab 'advance' -
group 'virtual memory' choose change
disable 'Automatically manage paging ...'
on drive - choose C
click radio button 'Custom Size'
initial size = 1530
maximum size = 1530
click 'Set' - OK - close all windows open and restart
====================== you can skip this part if you dont feel like it =========================
---------------------------- or you can try it, and undo it if you still dont feel like it ---------------------
7. Enable readyboost
Start - Run - type in strart search - services.msc
Enable in 'startup type' = Automatic = Readyboost
and activate your SDHC at 1840mb for readyboost
Please be patient, after you enable readyboost, vista will try to copy some files to
your SD, this could take a lot of time,
Note :
- If you want to use SD to save files (perhaps you have more than 2 GB)
make sure that your SD is CLEAR first and enable readyboost,
and then you can use the rest of the remaining capacity of your SD to save your files
8. If you enable readyboost
Because the result is very quick respond, I dont use Hibernate,
Although hibernate is not very good in Shift at this moment, sometimes i get SD vanished
=======================================================================
Result with readyboost
- Boot time : until login 29 second, total after login with fingerprint, 75 second, harddisk real resting at 110 second
- RAM : after 120 second, down to only 530mb
Respond
- All Microsoft Office 2007 : only first time is 5 second, and if you close it, and reopen it
only take less than 2 second, that include Visio 2007 and Project 2007
---------------------------------------------
With ready boost If you still want to use sleep, most of the time you will get your SD vanished,
some forum say that the problem is on SD driver that will get fixed by Microsoft
later in Vista SP2
------my point is---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
compare back to windows xp, with this unbloated vista we can work like a charm and feels like in xp
With readyboost :
- faster boot up time
- and more RAM to work
Without readyboost :
- normal boot up time
- still you can have more RAM to work
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Link doesn't seem to work... could you fix it, please?
There you go
Hileotech said:
Link doesn't seem to work... could you fix it, please?
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4. Start - Run - type in start search - services.msc
disable in the 'startup type' - this sevices :
* DFS Replication
* Computer Browser
* Distributed Link Tracking Client
* IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
* IP Helper
* IPsec Policy Agent
* KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
* Offline Files
* Remote Registry
* Secondary Logon
* Security Center (Use caution if you disable security services!)
* SSDP Discovery
* Terminal Services
* Windows Defender (Ditto the above warning!)
* Windows Error Reporting Service
* Desktop Windows Manager
Disable Aero
Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings
tab 'Advance' - group 'Performance' - tab 'visual effects
choose 'Custom'
- disable everything, except :
+ show windows while content dragging
+ smooth edges of screen fonts
+ use visual styles on windows and buttons
Thank you.
Just one question: is it possible to use Readyboost AND data on the same SD? I mean: should I create two partitions (one for ReadyBoost and the other for data) or not?
Sorry for my dumb question
I do use SD for data and Readyboost
Hileotech said:
Thank you.
Just one question: is it possible to use Readyboost AND data on the same SD? I mean: should I create two partitions (one for ReadyBoost and the other for data) or not?
Sorry for my dumb question
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in my situation, i use sdhc 16GB and i'm only using 1 partition, but be sure that u activate readyboost first, then u can use the rest for file
although, if u interesting using partition, i think that would be no problem, even better i suppose
I do use SD for data and Readyboost
This is software of tune up utilities 2008
http://rapidshare.com/files/145411607/Tune_Up_Utilities_2008.rar.html
watch out
batghost said:
5. Use Tune Up Utilities 2008, and just follow 1-click maintenance
this is the software of tune up http://rapidshare.com/files/145411607/Tune_Up_Utilities_2008.rar.html
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WATCH OUT. I downloaded the file and received a warning from my anti virus saying it is a trojan with the name "TR/PSW.LdPinch.uij". Guys be careful.
Is it really necessary to format the SD card as NTFS? I mean FAT32 should be a bit faster.
Be carefull in desactivating services. You might experience somme ill effect, specially when puting your device in sleep mode or hibernating.
Can u tell me more specific
thaihugo said:
Be carefull in desactivating services. You might experience somme ill effect, specially when puting your device in sleep mode or hibernating.
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can utell me more specific about what services relates to sd vanish problem after hibernation or sleep
the only problem that make sd vanish is when we enable the readyboost on sd, thats why by default htc is disabling readyboost services
thats why microsoft want to fix this problem in sp2
fat32 vs ntfs
LordDeath said:
Is it really necessary to format the SD card as NTFS? I mean FAT32 should be a bit faster.
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you can google it about this matter and all say that readyboost is better in ntfs cause they use a big chunck of file, after i do my own research, fat32 is slower then ntfs, in boot time ntfs is running 10second faster than fat32
here is the statistic i get from msblog
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113135&stc=1&d=1221513399
what kind ofantivirus do you used
pharaons said:
WATCH OUT. I downloaded the file and received a warning from my anti virus saying it is a trojan with the name "TR/PSW.LdPinch.uij". Guys be careful.
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i use avast antivirus 4.8, and dont see any virus, thanx for the info
batghost said:
can utell me more specific about what services relates to sd vanish problem after hibernation or sleep
the only problem that make sd vanish is when we enable the readyboost on sd, thats why by default htc is disabling readyboost services
thats why microsoft want to fix this problem in sp2
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It's the readyboost service that is faulty. But it's also causing problem with wifi on recovery from sleep.
batghost said:
i use avast antivirus 4.8, and dont see any virus, thanx for the info
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I use Avira (http://www.free-av.com). Check it out.
Got no problem with wifi here
thaihugo said:
It's the readyboost service that is faulty. But it's also causing problem with wifi on recovery from sleep.
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ONLY when u enable readyboost
I have revised my post regarding readyboost option
I got no problem with wifi here, but have u update wifi driver provided by microsoft through windows update in optional part
I have try 3 times sleep and wake up again, still wifi is working good
On what version of avira do u used
pharaons said:
I use Avira (http://www.free-av.com). Check it out.
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free, pro,or premium, thanx
i have try to cr*ck the pro version downloaded from katz.cd but no luck
is it the free version worth to use ?
batghost said:
free, pro,or premium, thanx
i have try to cr*ck the pro version downloaded from katz.cd but no luck
is it the free version worth to use ?
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The free version available directly on the website. It is very effective and discovered many viruses that other anti-virus programs failed to find and cure. I highly recommend the free version, which you don't have to crack, since I believe it uses the same data files as of the pro and premium versions. It is limited for personal use though. I personally don't agree on or approve of cracking software for any reason since it is illegal.
I have been using it for many years now and it proved to be very good. I got to know about it from the server version which I used under Linux. This is a great product and definitely is worth to try.
Ok, downloading and installing now
pharaons said:
The free version available directly on the website. It is very effective and discovered many viruses that other anti-virus programs failed to find and cure. I highly recommend the free version, which you don't have to crack, since I believe it uses the same data files as of the pro and premium versions. It is limited for personal use though. I personally don't agree on or approve of cracking software for any reason since it is illegal.
I have been using it for many years now and it proved to be very good. I got to know about it from the server version which I used under Linux. This is a great product and definitely is worth to try.
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thank you for the info
You are right - Virus in in the keygen, thanx a lot for the help
now, i am searching the whole drive for viruses use antivir
funny things is - after doing the virus search - the antivir thought that driver bandluxe hsdpa was a virus, bandluxe hsdpa is work by changing usb device from flashdisk (as a driver) to modem (as a device) - some antivirus thought that this was a virus works
in ubuntu i have to manually said to the system to unplug the usb to make bandluxe change from a driver to a device
sudo /etc/init.d/hal stop ------> Hardware Abstraction Layer
dmesg | grep usb
[ 877.204630] option 4-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 877.206691] usb 4-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 877.206725] option 4-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 877.208497] usb 4-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 877.208525] option 4-1:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 877.210179] usb 4-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 877.210208] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/custom-source-rt/drivers/usb/serial/option.c: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.1
wvdial
its done searching, and all i can get was a false alarm, so i think that keygen was NOT infecting system
im uninstalling antivir now, no good news here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113117&stc=1&d=1221510303
For italian users, here the services list in our Italian version of Vista:
Replica DFS
Browser di computer
Manutenzione collegamenti distribuiti client
Moduli di impostazione chiavi IPSec IKE e Auth-IP
Helper IP
Agente criteri IPSec
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
File non in linea
Registro di sistema remoto
Accesso secondario
Centro sicurezza PC
Individuazione SSDP
Servizi Terminal
Windows Defender
Servizio Segnalazione errori Windows
Gestione sessione di Gestione finestre
For Disable Aero
Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings
tab 'Advance' - in group 'Performance' choose setting - in tab 'visual effects
choose 'Custom'
- disable everything, except :
Mostra contenuto della finestra durante l'operazione di trascinamento
Smussa gli angoli dei caratteri dello schermo
Utilizza stili di visualizzazione per finestre e pulsanti
batghost said:
you can google it about this matter and all say that readyboost is better in ntfs cause they use a big chunck of file, after i do my own research, fat32 is slower then ntfs, in boot time ntfs is running 10second faster than fat32
here is the statistic i get from msblog
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113135&stc=1&d=1221513399
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I still do not understand the point... Let me try and explain.
I bought a SD Extreme III Ducati card (20 Mb/sec of read/write declared speed), I plugged it into the Shift, clicked the "Use this card to improve performance" (sorry, I'm using an italian Shift, so the message could be mistranslated). Waited for some seconds and then checked the propriety tab of SD card: the message souded like "You can't use this device for ReadyBoost, the hardware is not enough". I thought that formatting it in NTFS could have done the work, but... I preferred to give that card back to the vendor and use that money (52 Euros...) to buy other things.
Any suggestion?
This is not an advert, this is just to tell people who accidentally missed
the
READYBOOST - PREFETCH - SUPERFETCH feature in Vista/W7
I've been working with this feature since the release of Vista, it really helps, and it certainly does on the Shift.
Basicly, you reserve a part of your SD card (4GB) as an extra
"cachefile" (It's all done by the OS) and for all small random I/O
your Shift will now read from that part.
It get's faster over time.
Check out this blog :
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx
and
http://blogs.msdn.com/saveenr/archive/2009/05/02/monitoring-readyboost-on-windows-7.aspx
So get your FAST SD card, right click on it, use it "to speed up your system" and improve your speed.
From hibernation to fully working in 18 seconds !
lucid said:
This is not an advert, this is just to tell people who accidentally missed
the
READYBOOST - PREFETCH - SUPERFETCH feature in Vista/W7
I've been working with this feature since the release of Vista, it really helps, and it certainly does on the Shift.
Basicly, you reserve a part of your SD card (4GB) as an extra
"cachefile" (It's all done by the OS) and for all small random I/O
your Shift will now read from that part.
It get's faster over time.
Check out this blog :
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx
and
http://blogs.msdn.com/saveenr/archive/2009/05/02/monitoring-readyboost-on-windows-7.aspx
So get your FAST SD card, right click on it, use it "to speed up your system" and improve your speed.
From hibernation to fully working in 18 seconds !
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anyway to make this happen on XP ???
yes
zohaer21 said:
anyway to make this happen on XP ???
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yes possible inxp
go to virtual memory settings in xp....
on virtal memory / page file remove all hdd etc and set them to zero page file.
now select your sd card and select it as virtual memory or page file and nowxselect let windows manage page file/virtual memory on sd card.
apply and ok .
the key idea is to hvae all virtual memory on sd card and none on hdd...i have been doing this for many years.
more instruction on browsing to virtual memory settings/ page file on xp below
To manually change the size of virtual memory, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Performance click Settings.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Virtual memory click Change.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, type a new paging file size in megabytes (MB) in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply changes.
Note After you change the size of the paging file, you may be prompted to restart Windows. If you are prompted to restart, the changes will not take effect until Windows is restarted.
will this work on other umpcs besides the shift? im thinking about doing this with all my umpcs. haha let me know. thanks!
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alvinjue said:
will this work on other umpcs besides the shift? im thinking about doing this with all my umpcs. haha let me know. thanks!
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yes it will work on any windows pc or laptop, just follow the instructions for vista or xp as appropriate
I tried ReadyBoost and Superfetch on my Shift and monitored the memory usage with the Process Explorer:
These two services need additional 100MiB of physical memory. So to have a SD cache with a speed of ~5-10 mb/s you give up 10% of you RAM. Bad exchange!
As long as the Shift's 1GiB memory is not fully used the device feels a bit smoother. But as soon as you reach the limits and it starts to swap your performance will drop even more than without these both services.
ReadyBoost and Superfetch are making the Shift faster - and also slower when you really need the performance.
dont use ready boost or super fetch services of vista, use the xp trick for virtual m
LordDeath said:
I tried ReadyBoost and Superfetch on my Shift and monitored the memory usage with the Process Explorer:
These two services need additional 100MiB of physical memory. So to have a SD cache with a speed of ~5-10 mb/s you give up 10% of you RAM. Bad exchange!
As long as the Shift's 1GiB memory is not fully used the device feels a bit smoother. But as soon as you reach the limits and it starts to swap your performance will drop even more than without these both services.
ReadyBoost and Superfetch are making the Shift faster - and also slower when you really need the performancoe.
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dont use ready boost or super fetch services of vista, use the xp trick for virtual memory as outlined on my earlier post for vista as well.
remember the key forspeedup is to decrease the read/write from hdd during mem paging process, hence if all paging memory is allocated to sd (which is faster to hdd) and noe allocated to hdd, the os will work faster...this goes for all os xp,vista,w2k,wserver2005...and same for linux or osxor unix..