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I am running Windows XP Professional SP 2. I was recently cleaning out some
things in the registry, which I have done many times before, and somehow
fouled things up in the following way.
The space allocation for the MFT has mushroomed to cover several
gigabytes. This has caused all of the data on my hard drive, including the
system files, to be pushed way down onto the disk. The result of this is
that anything I access when I first boot up (Outlook, IE, the "System"
Control Panel, etc., etc.), takes about 20 minutes to come up the first time.
Once it's accessed for the first time it is, of course, cached in memory (I
have 2 Gig of memory), so if I close it and re-open it, it's instantaneous.
Additionally, Norton takes forever to start up when I first boot up. It was
always slow, but with the data being pushed down like it is, it's reallllly
slow.
I started an email case with Microsoft paid support on Sunday. Monday, I
got a reply that told me to go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Filesystem and add a key
called NtfsMftZoneReservation and set the value to 1. I did that and it
didn't solve the problem. He also asked me to send him the contents of
SvcHost under that same key. The problem is, there is no SvcHost folder
under that key on my machine, only 4 entries, NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation,
Win31Filesystem, Win95TruncatedExtensions, and the one he had me add. I
informed him in my email yesterday that that's all that was there. I didn't
hear back from him today, so I feel like he's struggling to figure this out.
Since I didn't hear back from him, I called in and talked to a couple of
Microsoft tech reps on the phone today, but they seemed absolutely clueless
about what I might need to do. I'm holding out hope that I'll hear something
back tomorrow from the rep I initially contacted via email, but I'm beginning
to get a sick feeling that he won't have any answers.
So, I'm turning to this forum, holding out hope that someone knows what
registry entry controls this MFT allocation size and that I can correct it
(shrink it back down to a reasonable size). Any help greatly appreciated.
things in the registry, which I have done many times before, and somehow
fouled things up in the following way.
The space allocation for the MFT has mushroomed to cover several
gigabytes. This has caused all of the data on my hard drive, including the
system files, to be pushed way down onto the disk. The result of this is
that anything I access when I first boot up (Outlook, IE, the "System"
Control Panel, etc., etc.), takes about 20 minutes to come up the first time.
Once it's accessed for the first time it is, of course, cached in memory (I
have 2 Gig of memory), so if I close it and re-open it, it's instantaneous.
Additionally, Norton takes forever to start up when I first boot up. It was
always slow, but with the data being pushed down like it is, it's reallllly
slow.
I started an email case with Microsoft paid support on Sunday. Monday, I
got a reply that told me to go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Filesystem and add a key
called NtfsMftZoneReservation and set the value to 1. I did that and it
didn't solve the problem. He also asked me to send him the contents of
SvcHost under that same key. The problem is, there is no SvcHost folder
under that key on my machine, only 4 entries, NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation,
Win31Filesystem, Win95TruncatedExtensions, and the one he had me add. I
informed him in my email yesterday that that's all that was there. I didn't
hear back from him today, so I feel like he's struggling to figure this out.
Since I didn't hear back from him, I called in and talked to a couple of
Microsoft tech reps on the phone today, but they seemed absolutely clueless
about what I might need to do. I'm holding out hope that I'll hear something
back tomorrow from the rep I initially contacted via email, but I'm beginning
to get a sick feeling that he won't have any answers.
So, I'm turning to this forum, holding out hope that someone knows what
registry entry controls this MFT allocation size and that I can correct it
(shrink it back down to a reasonable size). Any help greatly appreciated.