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I can still remember my first time when I touched the keyboard using my first Windows 3.1 and I bet there are many people out there never heard of this. Installing a new Windows would need at least 4 hours by inserting 10 or more diskettes one by one working under DOS command. After that, while working with Windows 95 to Windows ME using DOS format to do the Windows reformat and reinstall, also never been an easy procedure. 3 years ago, I had taught a girl to follow all those procedures via IM (online chatting) when she had 2 PC while another was broken down, WOOT! Can’t imagine how could that be happened and it took me 2 hours to help the girl turned her broken PC to ALIVE! It was like mission impossible to her and so do I! LOL. And I think that’s how our love begin growing by that moment and she is my lovely fiance now. That’s cool huh!?

All right, oldies times is always memorable. Just like older versions of Windows used a file system called FAT32 (File Allocation Table, if you must know). Newer versions use one called NTFS (New Technology File System). The file system is how Windows stores your files on your hard drive, and it just like a library arranges books on a shelf. It’s possible that your computer is already set to the right way. Convert FAT32 to NTFS has several benefits and I can tell you there are many ways for you to convert FAT32 to NTFS with simple command whereas very few instructions on way back. I’m not giving out that way even I know one because NTFS work better for you, there’s no way why you need to use FAT32 system file.

To Ensure File System
Open up My Computer > right-click on hard drive > Properties. On the window that appears, you’ll see either “File system: FAT32? or “File system: NTFS.” If it is FAT32, let’s lose it:

Losing FAT, Getting NTFS

• Shut down all running programs
• Start > Run > enter cmd
• In the command prompt something like “C:\WINDOWS” with a blinking cursor will show up. (If you’ve ever used DOS, you’ll recognize this.)
• Enter the following:

  convert c: /fs:ntfs

  (If your hard drive isn’t drive C:, substitute the correct letter that you wish to convert, and don’t forget the space between the colon and the slash.)

• Press Enter, a message saying that the conversion will begin on next time you start Windows. So restart your computer manually. Then Windows will convert your drive, and it will also reboot your computer twice.

Hook into DMA
Ensure your computer is transferring data efficiently by using a technology called DMA (direct memory access).

• Right click on My Computer > Properties > Tab to Hardware > click on Device Manager
• Click the plus “+” sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers
• Double-click Primary IDE Channel (If you have two of them, just repeat this procedure.)
• Tab to Advanced Settings
• For each one, click the drop-down arrow next to Transfer Mode and choose “DMA if available.” Then click OK. (If you have another Primary IDE Channel, repeat this procedure.)
• Close Device Manager and reboot your computer

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