![]() I like to be able to update the OS and other programs without having to shuffle a thumb drive back and forth. Not that I'd recommend recording or doing any other disk heavy operations while this is running, but at least it doesn't freak out and start over when your screen saver comes on or your antivirus checks for updates.Īs a side note, I have high speed internet on my DAW with a 3rd party firewall. It will even run in the background while you're doing other tasks. It's much faster than the stock program and and has way more options. I've had really good luck with O&O Defrag which can be found here: My only recommendation would be to use a 3rd party defragger instead of the one that comes with windows. If there was any negative outcome to defragging an audio drive, I really doubt that they'd be giving you instructions on how to do it. To support this, I thought I'd do a quick Google search and found the following document from Digidesign: I defrag on a regular basis and have never had a problem. I seriously doubt the validity of that statement. all of that interleaving in stereo wave files will be kissed bye-bye when you do"? Quote RedStone - "DONT defragment your audio files. I get a good, stable base system, and then I ghost it, so I don't have to do everything from scratch when it's time to do some serious spring cleaning. I actually do the same with my general use partition. You can literally be back up and running within minutes. that has saved my bacon a number of times over the years!Īnd you don't have to reauthorise all your plugs, reload drivers, redo all your tweaks, etc. Oh yeah, keep your samples, impulses, and audio files on another drive. Now if something craps on you, you can set your DAW partition right as new in about 5 minutes. Once you have your DAW partition up and smokin' use Ghost or Acronis Trueimage or whatever to image that partition. I install on my general use partition that I would NEVER need (or want) on my DAW partition! I can run everything with so much more stability on my DAW partition than it will run on my general use partition, which is usually a bit of a mess because of Internet stuff and all the extra applications, etc. Keep the net surfin' on the "general" boot partition. Don't install network support on the DAW partition. Optimize that install according to 's tweaks. Install XP all fresh and new in it's own partition along with your DAW apps, drivers etc. At every reinstall, I use a copy of the XP cd with all the new updates slipstreamed.ĭo yourself a favor. I reinstall Windows every 6 months or so just because I'm a perfectionist. Windows doesn't take updates well and will usually cause it to run like a 90 year old man. you should only run updates when they fix a problem you need fixed. Ok, that sounds like a death trap, but if you're using Firefox with Noscript, Media Player Classic, Kaspersky IS, etc. Also, run msconfig to turn off any startup stuff you don't need running. Just disable any services/features you dont use. Set visual appearance to best performance Set a fixed pagefile size (stops fragmentation)Ĩ. ![]() Windows is so tightly intergrated, you can't really RIP (lets face it, its a dirty way of doing it) things out of it and expect all to be rosy! This is what I do:ģ. Definately do not use programs like nLite. If your computer ever gets bad enough to warrant a system restore, you should just reinstall.Īs said before, ghost is a much better option.Īnyway, you don't need to do much to optimise Windows really. System restore does more harm than good, you shouldn't really use it.It's messy. I'm a computer technician *puffs chest out*
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