Another solution for SSD: EWF?

[twizzo]

Hey thanks yeah that worked a treat, all up and running now, the log off scripts are cool but damn do they take ages if youve done a few changes before the computer will shut down, anyone else using the script having to wait 5 - 10 mins on occasion before complete shutdown?

[myst]

Hey thanks yeah that worked a treat, all up and running now, the log off scripts are cool but damn do they take ages if youve done a few changes before the computer will shut down, anyone else using the script having to wait 5 - 10 mins on occasion before complete shutdown?

yeah is slow, and sometimes i got blue screen and crash... so i disabled it and commit only when i really need it.

absolutely fast!

[MiniM3]

Hey thanks yeah that worked a treat, all up and running now, the log off scripts are cool but damn do they take ages if youve done a few changes before the computer will shut down, anyone else using the script having to wait 5 - 10 mins on occasion before complete shutdown?

Yeah, great shut down scripts, mine takes about 2-3 minutes.

[stoogee]

2-3 mins is a pretty long wait,

i just moved My documents path to the SD card so it saves my files and game profiles,

if i install something (rarely) then i type in the commands,

seems like a pain waiting 2-3mins for it to shut down every time

[twizzo]

yeah i think im just going to buy a toshiba 1.8" 30gb zif drive seems pretty straight forward to install and only $60 aud on ebay direct from china, speeds for windows are meant to be good.

[MiniM3]

2-3 mins is a pretty long wait,

i just moved My documents path to the SD card so it saves my files and game profiles,

if i install something (rarely) then i type in the commands,

seems like a pain waiting 2-3mins for it to shut down every time

Only takes that long if i have EWF disabled, if it's enabled, it's almost instantaneous. No biggie for me, I'm not that impatient, my desktop takes 5 minutes to shut down, so this is no big deal.

[stoogee]

i thought the shutdown script commits and disables every time u shut down?

i havn't used it before

[hygren]

Is this supposed to work on FAT32 file systems? I got a bluescreen when rebooting, had to start the "Last known working yada yada" to get back into windows.

[daymz]

I'm having problems getting EWF working.

My setup is as such:

- Primary Partition 1: FAT16 : XP BOOT -- contains EWF's NTLDR, ntdetect, boot.ini pointing to multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(11) as it should.
- Primary Partition 2: (hidden)
- Primary Partition 3: (hidden)
- Extended Partition:
- - - Logical Partition 4: (hidden)
- - - [snip]
- - - Logical Partition 11: FAT32 : XP -- contains the Windows, Program Files, etc.

I modified the REG file to read the proper partition (11) but it just doesn't work.

Is there some kind of setup program, or GUI configuration for Microsoft's EWF Manager ?

I love the idea of EWF for a specific project (quick boot and operation) but I just can't make it work.

[AnttiH]

This is nice. Xp works so smoothly now. But how about antivirus? Is there any good and light antivirus programs that can be installed elsewhere than C-drive? Most of the antivir programs update daily so it can't be installed to C-drive and the ones I tested could not be installed elsewhere than drive C. Or do I even need antivir because C is "protected" with EWF but on the other hand I use ext. HDD and SD-card?