Tascam Computer Hardware - Manual

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Page 2 – Introduction
Page 3 – Deciding on an OS
Page 5 – Preparing for installation
Page 6 – Installation
Page 7 – Setup Tweaks – Things to Do During the Install
Page 9 – Dual Boot; protect your data
Page 11 – System Performance Tweaks – Stuff to Do After Installing
Page 20 – UDMA/ATA Mode for Hard Drives

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Optimizing Windows 2000 and Windows XP for Audio

Introduction................................................................................................................................. 2

Deciding on an OS ..................................................................................................................... 3

Windows XP – Home or Professional? ................................................................................. 3

Hardware requirements ......................................................................................................... 3

Update or fresh install? .......................................................................................................... 4

Give it Time.............................................................................................................................. 4

Preparing for installation............................................................................................................ 5

Installation ................................................................................................................................... 6

Formatting your Hard Disk ..................................................................................................... 6

Booting from CD ..................................................................................................................... 7

Setup Tweaks – Things to Do During the Install ....................................................................... 7

FAT32 vs. NTFS.......................................................................................................................... 7

ACPI ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Dual Boot ................................................................................................................................. 9

Mass Storage Devices............................................................................................................ 9

Multiple Users ........................................................................................................................ 10

Updates and service packs ................................................................................................ 10

System Performance Tweaks – Stuff to Do After Installing ................................................... 11

Windows Messenger ............................................................................................................ 11

Display properties................................................................................................................. 12

Windows Sounds ................................................................................................................... 14

System Restore...................................................................................................................... 15

Performance ......................................................................................................................... 15

Virtual memory ..................................................................................................................... 16

Fast user switching................................................................................................................ 17

Auto Start and System Services .......................................................................................... 18

Disk I/O Performance Logging ........................................................................................... 20

Write Behind Caching .......................................................................................................... 20

UDMA/ATA Mode for Hard Drives ....................................................................................... 20

Separate Drives – How and Where ..................................................................................... 21

Defrag Often.......................................................................................................................... 22

Virus and other Utilities ......................................................................................................... 22

PlugIns and other Goodies .................................................................................................. 23

XP and Win2000 Resources ..................................................................................................... 23

Stay Up to Date ..................................................................................................................... 23

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Summary

Page 2 - Introduction

2 Introduction Many of our users have asked us for an update on Dave Casey’s excellent article on PC optimization for audio. They’ve observed that, while the hardware info in the article is useful for all PC users, the article is heavily focused on Windows 98 and Windows ME, the dominant operating s...

Page 3 - Deciding on an OS

3 Deciding on an OS Should you opt for Windows 2000 or a version of XP? Windows 2000 has been around longer and many pros consider it more stable. It’s true that XP’s still working out some of the kinks, but by and large it’s proving to be pretty robust. W2k has had more time in use, thus benefits f...

Page 5 - Preparing for installation

5 Preparing for installation Even after confirming that the computer you want to install XP or 2000 on meets Microsoft’s recommended minimum specifications, you still may wish to do a little more investigating before you attempt an install or an upgrade, to make sure that all of your hardware is com...