My machine came out of the box running on XP with FAT32. Its performance is unacceptable for a 2.4 Ghz machine. My 500mhz machine on XP Pro (running a SQL and IIS web server) runs much faster.

I'm wondering if converting to NTFS will help out the performance. Here's some more information on my machine that might be pertinent to the performance.

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* System Summary *
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Processor: GenuineIntel Family 15 Model 2 2.4 GHz Stepping 4
Math Support: Present
BIOS: AMIINT - 10, 09/05/02
Bus Type: PCI, ISA, USB
Ports: 1 Parallel, 2 Serial
Memory: 224 MB (58% Utilized)
Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB
Hard Disks: 74.56 GB
Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM
Video: 1152 x 864 in 32-Bit Color, S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR Ver. 6.13

< Operating System >
Windows: 5.1 (Build 2600)
Net Clients:
Microsoft Windows Network
Microsoft Terminal Services
Web Client Network

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* Memory Report - Summary *
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< General Information >
Memory Utilization: 61%
Total Physical Memory: 224 MB (234881024 Bytes)
Available Physical Memory: 51.2 MB (53710848 Bytes)
Page File Capacity: 548 MB (574210048 Bytes)
Available Page File capacity: 298 MB (312524800 Bytes)


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* Drive Information Report *
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< Drive C >
Total space in drive: 77,940,097,024 bytes (72.59 GB)
Used space: 22,101,491,712 bytes (20.58 GB)
Available space: 55,838,605,312 bytes (52.00 GB)