From the start, limewire has always run sluggishly on my PC with WInxp. I heard that updating JAVA would improve performance; NOTHING doing. However, I just converted my C: drive to NTFS from FAT32 and noticed a VERY substantial improvement in performance! It's worth it to do so.

Here's how:

Just go to the Command Prompt and execute the command:

C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs

Where C: is a name of the drive you want to convert.

After machine re-boot conversion process will start and you'll have your FAT32 converted to NTFS without data loss.

*Note for users concerned about data loss*
I did this conversion whilly nilly, on 2 PCs, and had NO TROUBLE converting. It also only took about 7 minutes or less for each. No problems. However, it never hurts to backup before any conversion or system change. I lost no data, and the computers now run faster and all, esp. Limewire.

Hey LimeMAN good post I didn't realize people still used FAT32. Most computers the last few years have used the NTFS system. But I am sure there are still quite a few out there running on the FAT32 system. But I don't think people running Windows 98 can convert to the NTFS system.

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And how do I find out which conversion my drive has (i.e. FAT32 or NTFS)? With my luck I'm still running on FAT32

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Go to start/My Computer/C: then click on properties it will say whether it is FAT32 or NTFS

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A little common sense goes a long way

Later Grandpa

Just go to my computer, right click on your hard drive, and it says what file system you have there on the properties sheet. However, I'm using XP. If you have an older version of windows Im not sure if this will work.

As I suspected it "FAT32". So, is there anything else I should consider before converting to NTFS??

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