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| Thread ID: 50398 | 2004-10-19 09:23:00 | Unreasonably Slow PC - OS inapropriate??? | M@TT (149) | Press F1 |
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| 282683 | 2004-10-19 21:08:00 | > 2X 6.4G hard drives (dont laugh! its more than enough space for me right now) most likly your small and very slow hardrives are holding the system back. instead of wasting money on a new OS (which will make the system run slower) spend it on more ram and a fast hardrive. has it always been slow? or just recently. if its just recently then mostlikly due to software problem. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 282684 | 2004-10-20 03:00:00 | thanks, will give this a go | M@TT (149) | ||
| 282685 | 2004-10-20 03:10:00 | Win98 will run well in 128MB, but if you are playing DVDs more memory would certainly help. Faster/bigger disks are not needed. Fast disks are as slow as slow disks when they are used as swap. :D If it's ridiculously slow when not doing DVDs, suspect spyware/viruses/other malware. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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