IBM Thinkpad X31 and X41 Tablet Tweaking Guide

[mrobo]

Hi I want to know-share experiences of all user with tweaking this machine ? Does the turning off the anti-shocking for HDD speed up the machine ? What with pagefile ? Turn it on ? How much for it ? Or turn it off ? How much internal memory and which type to use ? Share your experiences Please ! Thanks MUCH !

[mrobo]

here are some tweaks for X41 Tablet which I found :
1. Max out your RAM-- this makes the biggest difference, and if you do so it is safer to...
2. Disable the paging file-- this is a big disk operation that may not even be necessary for you
3. Store frequently created files on a separate partition of your hard drive: Temp files [Control Panel-System-Advanced-Environment Variables], Mozilla Cache, Temporary Internet Files, Java Cache [Java Control Panel], Downloads folder, print spool folder-- this helps to keep your main partition defragmented, which is even better for...
4. Smart Defragging by Layout.ini
5. Remove software that does background I/O activity or monitoring (resident antivirus, antispyware, network scanning), if you can get away with it. (See this post for a security solution.)
6. Disable the Indexing Service (this could probably go first!) [in services.msc]
7. Disable Last Access timestamping of files
8. Take advantage of your PC Card slot by getting the Delkin Cardbus UDMA CompactFlash adapter (Manufacturer Page / Amazon Product Page) and a UDMA CF card. My laptop's hard drive has a transfer rate of about 14 MB/sec, but a CF card in UDMA mode can sustain 40-45 MB/sec and far shorter access times.