I Need More Space!

Kennysevenfold · 4 Feb 2009 at 14:48

Just go for something like this...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £29.99
(£34.49) £29.99
(£34.49) Sub Total : £64.98 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £6.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £10.80 Total : £82.77

Mav · 4 Feb 2009 at 14:50

i bet with 622mb of HD space u`ve never run Defragger on ya system aswell ??

besides space for a page file @ least 1-2 gig ....

u need @ least 15% of availble HD space to run a defragger properly which needs to be done on a regular basis ...

this keeps all ya important files grouped together on the HD an makes it easier for the HD to get em IE: faster ..

suggest removing any unwanted programs or backing up any mp3 , pics , movies an stuff to a CD/DVD while u do this ..

run a defragger an see how ya HD behaves then

Kennysevenfold · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:03

Mav said:
i bet with 622mb of HD space u`ve never run Defragger on ya system aswell ??

besides space for a page file @ least 1-2 gig ....

u need @ least 15% of availble HD space to run a defragger properly which needs to be done on a regular basis ...

this keeps all ya important files grouped together on the HD an makes it easier for the HD to get em IE: faster ..

suggest removing any unwanted programs or backing up any mp3 , pics , movies an stuff to a CD/DVD while u do this ..

run a defragger an see how ya HD behaves then

running a defrag will not free up mass amounts of space, its a 40Gig drive.!

Mav · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:24

Yes i know But :

suggest removing any unwanted programs or backing up any mp3 , pics , movies an stuff to a CD/DVD while u do this ..

i did mention this in my post b4 !!!!

Kennysevenfold · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:28

Mav said:
Yes i know But :

i did mention this in my post b4 !!!!

you tell me, you posted it

just saying 40 is of no means a stable amount of space by todays standards, he might as well just get a new hard drive and save time in the long run

J.B · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:51

There are couple of things, your motherboard will probably support 4GB of RAM but there is a maximum, might be worth looking this up.
The next issue is that 32bit OS cant address 4GB of RAM, cant remember how much it will leave you with, 3.7 I think.

doyle369 · 4 Feb 2009 at 15:57

Just ordered

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) 1 £37.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)

Hopefully it will come tomorrow

Thanks for the help guys

(y)

Mav · 4 Feb 2009 at 18:57

depending on VGA card memory it`ll either be 3.25 or 3.5 gig of the 4 gig on a 32bit os .

doyle369 · 5 Feb 2009 at 15:04

cool

well it should be at home.

Im going to reformat before I install my new ram and HD

should I save everything to my new HD?

mp260767 · 5 Feb 2009 at 15:51

you could just disconnect the current drive from the system, install on the new one, then copy the information over.

doyle369 · 6 Feb 2009 at 17:13

installed the ram and harddrive today. only 3GB of the ram is showing up

Im still using my old hard drive, that ok?

any settings I should be aware of? (tweaks?)

Is it best that I save everything to my new Hardrive? if so, how?

Thanks

Shawreyboy · 6 Feb 2009 at 18:25

i noticed your using two different types of ram. that would be slowing your comp down considerably. im running 2 gb of crucial and my xp pro sp3 is fine. i take it youve defragged etc?

doyle369 · 6 Feb 2009 at 18:28

Shawreyboy said:
i noticed your using two different types of ram. that would be slowing your comp down considerably. im running 2 gb of crucial and my xp pro sp3 is fine. i take it youve defragged etc?

have you not read this thread?

I have bought new ram and hard drive

mp260767 · 6 Feb 2009 at 18:55

doyle369 said:
Is it best that I save everything to my new Hardrive? if so, how?

Thanks

what sort of stuff do you have on there, if you've loaded the os onto the new drive then clear any rubbish off the old drive first, then copy anything across to the new drive.

programs etc will be better getting installed on the new drive, if thats where u're os is.

doyle369 · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:21

mp260767 said:
what sort of stuff do you have on there, if you've loaded the os onto the new drive then clear any rubbish off the old drive first, then copy anything across to the new drive.

programs etc will be better getting installed on the new drive, if thats where u're os is.

im going to get Vista 64.. then ill have all my 4GB

doyle369 · 11 Feb 2009 at 19:23

I have just installed vista

but I want my computer to run from my new HD, but it aint

how do I set it up on my new HD?

thanks

doyle369 · 11 Feb 2009 at 20:13

anyone?

thanks