[Steve Moore]

I have a dual instalation with two copies of XP/PTLE on two different drives (I do this so that I can always boot if my primary OS drive goes down). My C drive (OS) was optimized using the settings found in the main optimization thread while #2 is not.

So far, #2 is running rock solid albeit I did finally have one DAE the other day due to a fragmented volume and reckless waste of resources on my part.

The optimized volume however is unusable. After optimization, PTLE locks up whenever I press record or play and the OS refuses to shut down properly.

I am going to try and reinstall the OS on the first drive and start over. Anybody got any ideas which optimizations might be suspect? Or do I have to try them one at a time (there are over a hundred) to find the culprit?

Steve Moore