I'm on my second attempt at upgrading my fairly standard low-range home-built to Vista (MSDN). The PC has an Asus motherboard, big WD drives with plenty of space, 1 GB memory, ATI video, 2.4 Pentium D CPU (no overclocking), etc. There shouldn't be any bottlenecks there.
After abandoning the first attempt on "Expanding Files" after several hours, I decided to fetch a fresh MSDN copy, burn to CDs and let it run overnight.
I suspect that my disk drive performance is at fault. Could be the CPU as the upgrade seems to fly at first and slow down over time, but I sense no out of the ordinary heat around the CPU (sorry, can't provide actual temps). Supporting he suspicion: boot time on this machine is at times ridiculously slow -- always assumed that Systemworks and/or Net Nanny were updating, scanning, whatever. Being the kid's PC, didn't really care .
My install has made it to "Completing Upgrade" and I assume it will finish. Once it does so, what tools can I use to troubleshoot the situation? Specifically, I want to benchmark (especially the drives) against expected values.
I haven't found any similar stories with the Vista upgrade on the net. Thanks!
After abandoning the first attempt on "Expanding Files" after several hours, I decided to fetch a fresh MSDN copy, burn to CDs and let it run overnight.
I suspect that my disk drive performance is at fault. Could be the CPU as the upgrade seems to fly at first and slow down over time, but I sense no out of the ordinary heat around the CPU (sorry, can't provide actual temps). Supporting he suspicion: boot time on this machine is at times ridiculously slow -- always assumed that Systemworks and/or Net Nanny were updating, scanning, whatever. Being the kid's PC, didn't really care .
My install has made it to "Completing Upgrade" and I assume it will finish. Once it does so, what tools can I use to troubleshoot the situation? Specifically, I want to benchmark (especially the drives) against expected values.
I haven't found any similar stories with the Vista upgrade on the net. Thanks!