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Jerry Rivers
I'd really like some help from a Microsoft MVP on this one. I've
tried before in the XP news groups to get help with this problem
and no one replied. So, I'm trying again.
I have a clean install of Windows XP Professional on one of my
PCs. The other has Windows 98 SE. I have a Netgear router
between the two computers so they both can share a cable modem.
Network transfer speed PC-to-PC was excellent when both were
running Win 98. Since installing XP on my PC, XP-to-98 data
transfer is *very* slow. Using Win XP's Search function is
excrutiatingly slow.
Here is what I know: Windows XP is 100% up-to-date as far as
drivers and patches. Router is new. Internet performance from
either PC is excellent.
It sometimes takes 30 seconds just to open up a folder across
the network on the 98 PC, even if it is empty or has few files
in it.
Simple file name searches that used to take 15-20 seconds when
both PC were on 98 now take 6-8 minutes.
Here are the results of transferring some files from one PC to
the other:
I took 1246 JPG files on my XP PC totalling 205MB and
transferred them to an empty temp folder on my 98 PC. This was a
FAT32-to-FAT32 transfer. It took Explorer 20 seconds just to
open the folder on the 98 PC! I have a LAN connection icon in my
Systray that shows network traffic- there was *no* activity for
the entire 20 seconds, then Bang! got through.
As for the transfer, it took 4 min 5 sec. Pretty damn slow.
I then set up my FAT32 extended data partition for sharing and
went over to my Win 98 PC and mapped a network drive to my HD.
Explorer on the 98 PC opened an empty temp folder on my PC
instantly, and transferred the same 205MB 1246 files back to my
PC via Copy-Paste in Explorer in 1 min 20 sec. Not bad in my
book for a network file transfer.
To check on just the speed on my HD, I took the same 1246 JPGs
totally 205MB and transferred them to en empty folder on my own
HD via Copy-Paste.
The test above was for files of moderate size 200-300KB each. I
then created a large 855MB Zip file from two CD image files and
Copy-Pasted them between the two PC across the network. Results:
To simulate the network speed test you did, I created a large
Zip file out of two CD image files. Total size is 855MB.
Time to transfer disk-to-disk on my FAT32 extended partition was
2 min 45 seconds.
Time to open empty folder on Win 98 PC from Win XP was 25 sec.
Time to transfer 855MB file from Win XP PC to Win 98 PC
was 6 min 5 sec for a total of 6 min 30 sec (counting time to
open empty folder).
Time to transfer 855MB file back from Win 98 PC to Win XP PC was
2 min flat! That's 45 sec faster than disk-to-disk on my own HD!
I'm sure I am missing something obvious in how I have my Win XP
system set up. It could be a network setting or a Win XP service
turned on when it shouldn't be. Or lots of other things. All I
can tell you is that *all* of the operating parameters of my Win
XP O/S are *exactly* as they were when the Win XP Setup program
completed its task and the Network Wizards created the network
connections.
I would appreciate some opinions/advice from a Microsoft MVP or
knowledgeable network expert lurking on this news group. I
ultimately plan to put XP on my other PC but for now, I'd like
to get my network speed back up to where it was before I put a
newer O/S on my PC.
If you need more details, E-mail me at (e-mail address removed)
-- Jerry Rivers
tried before in the XP news groups to get help with this problem
and no one replied. So, I'm trying again.
I have a clean install of Windows XP Professional on one of my
PCs. The other has Windows 98 SE. I have a Netgear router
between the two computers so they both can share a cable modem.
Network transfer speed PC-to-PC was excellent when both were
running Win 98. Since installing XP on my PC, XP-to-98 data
transfer is *very* slow. Using Win XP's Search function is
excrutiatingly slow.
Here is what I know: Windows XP is 100% up-to-date as far as
drivers and patches. Router is new. Internet performance from
either PC is excellent.
It sometimes takes 30 seconds just to open up a folder across
the network on the 98 PC, even if it is empty or has few files
in it.
Simple file name searches that used to take 15-20 seconds when
both PC were on 98 now take 6-8 minutes.
Here are the results of transferring some files from one PC to
the other:
I took 1246 JPG files on my XP PC totalling 205MB and
transferred them to an empty temp folder on my 98 PC. This was a
FAT32-to-FAT32 transfer. It took Explorer 20 seconds just to
open the folder on the 98 PC! I have a LAN connection icon in my
Systray that shows network traffic- there was *no* activity for
the entire 20 seconds, then Bang! got through.
As for the transfer, it took 4 min 5 sec. Pretty damn slow.
I then set up my FAT32 extended data partition for sharing and
went over to my Win 98 PC and mapped a network drive to my HD.
Explorer on the 98 PC opened an empty temp folder on my PC
instantly, and transferred the same 205MB 1246 files back to my
PC via Copy-Paste in Explorer in 1 min 20 sec. Not bad in my
book for a network file transfer.
To check on just the speed on my HD, I took the same 1246 JPGs
totally 205MB and transferred them to en empty folder on my own
HD via Copy-Paste.
The test above was for files of moderate size 200-300KB each. I
then created a large 855MB Zip file from two CD image files and
Copy-Pasted them between the two PC across the network. Results:
To simulate the network speed test you did, I created a large
Zip file out of two CD image files. Total size is 855MB.
Time to transfer disk-to-disk on my FAT32 extended partition was
2 min 45 seconds.
Time to open empty folder on Win 98 PC from Win XP was 25 sec.
Time to transfer 855MB file from Win XP PC to Win 98 PC
was 6 min 5 sec for a total of 6 min 30 sec (counting time to
open empty folder).
Time to transfer 855MB file back from Win 98 PC to Win XP PC was
2 min flat! That's 45 sec faster than disk-to-disk on my own HD!
I'm sure I am missing something obvious in how I have my Win XP
system set up. It could be a network setting or a Win XP service
turned on when it shouldn't be. Or lots of other things. All I
can tell you is that *all* of the operating parameters of my Win
XP O/S are *exactly* as they were when the Win XP Setup program
completed its task and the Network Wizards created the network
connections.
I would appreciate some opinions/advice from a Microsoft MVP or
knowledgeable network expert lurking on this news group. I
ultimately plan to put XP on my other PC but for now, I'd like
to get my network speed back up to where it was before I put a
newer O/S on my PC.
If you need more details, E-mail me at (e-mail address removed)
-- Jerry Rivers