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Hi all. I recently purchased NtLite to setup a win 7 32bit on a machine that was giving me trouble. Worked great integrating all the updates and driver pack. Since I now have the software I'd like to find some more uses for it. I have a win server 2016 data center license and would like to get it installed on my dell workstation. Currently have win 10 pro in the machine. First question is how can I speed up NtLite. I'm running a 6 core Xeon overclocked to 4.5ghz with 32gb ddr4 ecc memory, 1tb nvme and a 10gb ram disk. If I load everything into my nvme (boot drive) or the ram disk it doesn't seem to have a bottleneck anywhere but only uses about 10% cpu and takes forever. I've even changed all the processes to realtime priority without change. Next question is can I load and update all windows indexes on an iso? It seems I can only select one and then I have to finish after adding drivers and updates to the que.
I'm not in the IT field so I don't "need" this software but since I paid for it I may as well know how to use it.
Thanks in advance.
 
Hi. Sure the speed can be improved, just turn off Windows Defender or any other "scanning" software during NTL session.
You can put all of your customization options to all Editions from Apply section under: "Image process queue (reapply pending tasks to other editions).
If you (as it seems) use a quick CPU and NVMe i read from other posts in the forum that using RAM disk with NTL can give some trouble.
Having a 1TB NVMe it should be possible to have a D: drive where you can install NTL (portable) and change the working directories to same drive (see attached).
 
francis11 said:
Hi. Sure the speed can be improved, just turn off Windows Defender or any other "scanning" software during NTL session.
You can put all of your customization options to all Editions from Apply section under: "Image process queue (reapply pending tasks to other editions).
If you (as it seems) use a quick CPU and NVMe i read from other posts in the forum that using RAM disk with NTL can give some trouble.
Having a 1TB NVMe it should be possible to have a D: drive where you can install NTL (portable) and change the working directories to same drive (see attached).
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I'm confused about the D: drive. My nvme is my boot drive. If I have no other disk attached then everything is on the nvme which is how I made my first attempt. Only tried the ram disk second.
 
You can go into Disk Management from rightclicking startmenu and setup your harddrive as pleased.
Normally i don't give C drive more than 50 GB and make a D drive and a E drive for different purposes.
As C drive can fail i've a D drive where photos, videos and other savable stuff can be safe and recoverable in case of SSD or HDD failure.
 
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Ok nevermind lol. I just misunderstood what you were trying to tell me. Yes I know the importance of separate drives. I've been tinkering with this Dell as time permits. I have a quad nvme adapter in it with 1 nvme and 1 wifi card right now. I'm buying 2 more smaller nvme drives and 4 2tb hdds to add to this system to build a cached mirrored storage space.

And once again I misunderstood lol. Your talking about partitioning my boot drive. I'm not sure how I could speed anything up with that and whenever I get this iso all sorted out it's going into a USB 3 flash drive to be a fresh install for this machine. Whenever I get my other drives I'll set up scratch sections and probably get another 32gb of ram so I can have a larger ram disk.
 
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Clanger said:
keeping 100GB free(not partitoned) is handy for a variety of testing purposes.
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Or can use Disk Management to minimize e.g. D drive 900 GB not fully used to test NTL customized image instead of WM as a private user on a quick CPU / SSD.
Sure have a double boot option, but that shouldn't be that difficult to handle and the double boot can always be disabled from SystemConfiguration eg. after a sysprep/ testing and capture.
 
frankr2994 said:
Ok nevermind lol. I just misunderstood what you were trying to tell me. Yes I know the importance of separate drives. I've been tinkering with this Dell as time permits. I have a quad nvme adapter in it with 1 nvme and 1 wifi card right now. I'm buying 2 more smaller nvme drives and 4 2tb hdds to add to this system to build a cached mirrored storage space.

And once again I misunderstood lol. Your talking about partitioning my boot drive. I'm not sure how I could speed anything up with that and whenever I get this iso all sorted out it's going into a USB 3 flash drive to be a fresh install for this machine. Whenever I get my other drives I'll set up scratch sections and probably get another 32gb of ram so I can have a larger ram disk.
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Funny LOL - i learned from old times that i've to stay away from DELL, HP and FUJITSU SIEMENS hardware as they seems to f*** up anything you try to to do on their machines.
Before using Toshiba and selfmade stationary(s) and now Lenovo and Asus + stationary.
Started from XP on a COMPAQ and nlite.
 
Clanger said:
deleting a partition with an active windows install will delete the boot entry.
this little dell w7 laptop is a stellar little performer. all i had todo was remove the wireless card and half the ram to 8gb.
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Nobody was talking about deleting any C: or other active drive - just minimising another partition to install a testversion for sysprep or other purposes.
 
i wasnt talking about c: . if you create a dual boot for testing then delete the test partition when you are done.
 
It's mandatory - nobody want to have other than C: (Windows) drive booting under normal circumstances - sorry if i misundertand.
 
thats ok. once you are done testing with a dual boot, go to Computer Management, delete the test partition then it will be automatically removed from the boot loader. best to test with dual boot with the same OS on both. testing a w10(ltsc) with 7 on c: screws a system up, forcing chkdsk on all partitions :mad:
 
francis11 said:
Funny LOL - i learned from old times that i've to stay away from DELL, HP and FUJITSU SIEMENS hardware as they seems to f*** up anything you try to to do on their machines.
Before using Toshiba and selfmade stationary(s) and now Lenovo and Asus + stationary.
Started from XP on a COMPAQ and nlite.
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I've had very good luck with dell. Only use precision, optiplex and latitude. So many businesses use them and they are dirt cheap off lease. I think I paid 250 for my t5810 with a Xeon 1650v3 32gb ecc memory and a 685watt psu. I just can't start a build for that. I have multiple machines setup for commercial use that have been doing just fine pushing over a year.
 
And already outdated. Dell is manufactoring out machines in mainstream for leasing or buy - their hardware is "one day old" in specs for the actually time. But for common office workers need IT support from time to time DELL can be sufficient. I give you that.
 
francis11 said:
And already outdated. Dell is manufactoring out machines in mainstream for leasing or buy - their hardware is "one day old" in specs for the actually time. But for common office workers need IT support from time to time DELL can be sufficient. I give you that.
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With a 6core unlocked Xeon I can overclock to 4.6ghz on all cores. Can toss in whatever gpu I want and have quad channel memory. Outdated maybe. Will my rig be more powerful in all areas than many others will be for much less money...yes. Dell also updates their drivers for years. My personal latitude e6430s has full driver support for xp through win 10. Also bought that I think 4 years ago now for 200 bucks. Maxed the ram and tossed in a ssd. It's one hell of a laptop even being from 2013. Not saying no one should build a PC. Obviously you can configure whatever to suit yourself perfectly. I can't justify the price whenever it's not a main gig of mine. I set PCs up for friends and family. But I also have a dozen other ATV,car,and home projects to attend to.
 
all laptops are oem machines, but same as hw in self builded it's outdated after 4-5 maks. 6 yrs even they're functional with old sw.
 
I steer away from Msata only laptops. And 4th and 5th gen Intel CPUs as well. They under powered the hell out of them trying to get battery life. My 3rd gen i5 has ok speed and I have a big selection of 2.5 drives for it. Lately I've been finding 6th and 7th gen Intel latitudes at decent prices that can run m.2 sata or nvme. That's what I've been buying to setup for other people. They are alot nicer than my 6430 but until something actually breaks on that old thing I can't justify replacing it. I'd like for my next one to have some sort of gpu in it. Intel integrated kinda blows.
 
I can't help but notice my original question was immediately answered and this has just turned into an OEM vs custom build thread lmao.
 
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