DJPrice Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Just wondering how I can exlude all the backup folders in C:\WINDOWS, the folders that start with $ Is there any way to exlude a folder without having to add each one to the exclude list? I'm not quite up to speed with the wildcard routine :pirate:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I don't believe there is a way to do so, but I also think that eBoostr is handling stuff like this pretty well already(since files in those folders are never used most :pirate:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 I don't believe there is a way to do so, but I also think that eBoostr is handling stuff like this pretty well already(since files in those folders are never used most ;)).I had a look at the eboostr cache & it had quite a lot of the $ files in the list :pirate: I know that you can use the * wildcard for filenames, so on that note, my guess would be that the ? wildcard would be for folders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Nah, the * replaces any number of characters and the ? replaces just one character in a file name... I don't believe you can exclude folders with this wildcard option.What's the size of your cache, how long ago did you install XP and how full(GB) is your HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Nah, the * replaces any number of characters and the ? replaces just one character in a file name... I don't believe you can exclude folders with this wildcard option.What's the size of your cache, how long ago did you install XP and how full(GB) is your HD?Size of the cache was 2GB but I changed the size of it to 3GB. I installed reinstalled XP about 6 days ago & C drive is currently using 34.4GB of an 80GB HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 That explains everything, I was expecting this as well, give eBoostr 2 weeks(after you installed your system and all programs) to straighten out(it's just like a little kid, only this'll straighten out a lot faster :)) and then those files won't be in your cache anymore(besides, if you're not planning/never did uninstall updates from Microsoft then you can just go ahead and delete those $ folders, I did so, and no worries :blink:).Just out of interest, how much GB of RAM do you have??? Like 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 That explains everything, I was expecting this as well, give eBoostr 2 weeks(after you installed your system and all programs) to straighten out(it's just like a little kid, only this'll straighten out a lot faster :P) and then those files won't be in your cache anymore(besides, if you're not planning/never did uninstall updates from Microsoft then you can just go ahead and delete those $ folders, I did so, and no worries :D).Just out of interest, how much GB of RAM do you have??? Like 8?Ah ok, thanks for the info :) I will do a backup first, then delete the folders, just incase anything does go arse up! I have 2GB of RAM, but around 256mb is going to an onboard graphics card :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 :wacko: how can you have 2 GB RAM and your cache set to 2 GB as well, that's impossible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 :wacko: how can you have 2 GB RAM and your cache set to 2 GB as well, that's impossible...Not if you use a HD for caching :) its not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 DOH, you shouldn't!!!It has virtually, practically, essentially, sexually, oh, not that one, NO VALUE :rolleyes:If you have 2GB RAM you should use 368 MB for the cache(in XP). In Vista I'd say either 256 or 128 MB, but I have no experience with eBoostr and Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 DOH, you shouldn't!!!It has virtually, practically, essentially, sexually, oh, not that one, NO VALUE :rolleyes:If you have 2GB RAM you should use 368 MB for the cache(in XP). In Vista I'd say either 256 or 128 MB, but I have no experience with eBoostr and Vista.Whats wrong with using a HD then? It's my backup HD, not the main drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well, if you're using your HD for cache, you might as well just use the pagefile... No real difference in using the pagefile or the cache, when you're using the cache with your HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well, if you're using your HD for cache, you might as well just use the pagefile... No real difference in using the pagefile or the cache, when you're using the cache with your HD.Ok, I'll try what you said then, switching eboostr to the RAM :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Well, if you're using your HD for cache, you might as well just use the pagefile... No real difference in using the pagefile or the cache, when you're using the cache with your HD.Ok, I'll try what you said then, switching eboostr to the RAM :DThat'll certainly improve your performance, but do as I said, and wait for two weeks* to start judging it(*two weeks of normal computer usage, I don't know what you do mot of the time, but at my PC it's MSN, Internet and games(you should always exclude game folders, even if they're used much more than other things, they take up too much room and the performance gains are minimal) and I can really see WLM and Firefox load faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPrice Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Well, if you're using your HD for cache, you might as well just use the pagefile... No real difference in using the pagefile or the cache, when you're using the cache with your HD.Ok, I'll try what you said then, switching eboostr to the RAM :sneaky:That'll certainly improve your performance, but do as I said, and wait for two weeks* to start judging it(*two weeks of normal computer usage, I don't know what you do mot of the time, but at my PC it's MSN, Internet and games(you should always exclude game folders, even if they're used much more than other things, they take up too much room and the performance gains are minimal) and I can really see WLM and Firefox load faster.Thank you very much for the info :) I've not excluded the games folder. When I had the cache set on my backup HD i noticed things loading faster, so will have to see how it goes using RAM instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topmoxie Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 the patch for eboostr is WORM/Autorun.ahfo, it would be nice to have a fix that is not something bad, however no matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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