Booster your MSI Wind Windows XP

[Humberto]

How can I do to improve the performance of my MSI Wind?

It is a question, the answer is long.
This tip will show you how to do, that it may require some shopping.

1. Some purchases if necessary
2. The configuration of Windows and software:

Windows 2.1
Firefox 2.2
2.3 Other

3. Flasher bios
4. Using XML Driver

[Humberto]

Some purchases if necessary

Buy a strip 1gb RAM extra to put into the wind, you have a video of how to proceed here (So they say is allowed msi refer you a guarantee ...) Buy an SD card, the fastest (Panasonic is the best), it will be used as a strip of additional RAM by forcing Windows to use it as such.

Avoid 8 GB because they are less quick access (writing as reading) than 4GB.
Put it in place, if you have a problem and Windows reboot (restart): do not panic. You need to remove it, go to the MSI site and download the driver "card reader" to install it, then return it to its place

[Humberto]

The configuration of Windows and software:

Windows uses a portion of the hard disk to swap (virtual memory), because when it saturates the memory will write on a disc to cover, which slows the machine since the hard disk is mechanical. There is also the temporary files of some programs, such as web pages (the so-called "Temporary Internet Files"), winrar (which will decompress the files to open them), etc. ...
If you move all these areas disk use on an SD memory card, this frees the disc, and access to the card being much faster, it feels right now ...

[Humberto]

Here's how:

Windows 2.1

Right click on desktop ► ► Advanced Environment Variables ► Edit locations (in the window top and bottom) on "temp" and "tmp" by giving path as the directory you get the task of creating on the sd card (in my example is E: \ Temp \ Temp windows) knowing that within the folder E: \ Temp "I created other directories: temp Firefox for Firefox, "unzipped" for winrar, etc. .., it depends on the programs that you use and their configuration.
If you encounter problems later, replace the normal path: C: \ WINDOWS \ TEMP
In case of problems, the most obvious is that your card reader has changed letter, from E to F: for example. In this case, repeat the operation by restoring the proper path is simple. (In these cases the machine balk a bit but does not completely plant, No Cry)

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Firefox 2.2

In the address bar type "about: config" then click OK. A message warns you, you continue. Then you right click on the page ► choose new ► string, "and ok.Entreat this: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory, do OK. A window appears and asks you the path. You type that you created for Firefox (my home is E: \ Temp \ Temp Firefox) and you confirm.
That's it!

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2.3 Other


If you work with programs as Photoshop, SoundForge, protools, wiziwig, and other tyrants of RAM, it is possible to configure the options to use the SD card as temporary folder, anything that relieves the hard disk is good to take: It must differentiate him your data and background.

But the best for this type of software and have, in addition to this, an external disk in the same system on which files are is even better.

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Flasher bios

Other information for apprentice sorcerer, a new version of bios is available from MSI, with explanation of installation , I tried all means no floppy drive, impossible: This is not working!
This new BIOS allows the processor to push 8, 15 or 24% more than its original power. Do the same attention is a delicate operation.

Then another and last council, create a restore point before installing and after installation. Once everything works, it eats no bread and it can save lives.

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Using XML Driver

Software that is worth attention that there is "Drive XML (free). It lets you create a compressed backup of your hard drive system on your second hard drive (D: or elsewhere) in security, then you can create a bootable CD to re-copy and paste the day or your system crashes, which is better than a full install.

For information, the installation CD of Windows comes with the wind requires you to format the entire hard drive, including D:, where you store your data intelligently. Understand that the information I give you here are rather precious! Drive for XML you have any information on this page.