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Jill
Posted From: 88.105.186.214
| | Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:20 am: | |
Hi, My computer died on me, so my friend gave me an old tower which only has 6.03 GB on the hardrive,of which there is only 2.55 GB free where I had 20 GB. I have added the memory sticks from my computer, so I have 256 MB of Ram, its all running fine, but its VERY VERY slow. I have changed internet provider as well. So why is it running so slow, to me the RAM is fine so could it be the harddrive. Is it difficult to change a harddrive, and how do I find out which harddrive to get, any help would be appreciated.
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Moderator (Es)
Username: Es
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 7:05 pm: | |
a lot of factors come into play with the performance of a PC. Memory for operating system is important, 256 megs is good for a 98 Me machine or even windows 2000, for XP, not so good.
Hard drive fragmentation also plays a part in system performance, if your drives data is scattered all over the drive than access times are diminished making the system seem sluggish.
Spyware on a PC also makes a machine slow as app's and software fight for resources.
CPU speed and hard drive speed might also come into play depending on operating system, software, multi-tasking.
Check your system spec's besides the memory and hard drive space. More info from you is needed to address the issues of performance. |
Jill
Posted From: 88.105.189.191
| | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 3:00 am: | |
HI ES, Excuse my ignorance but how do i find out the specs on my computer thanks Jill |
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