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formated drive, computer slower!!
Name: steve Date: November 4, 2003 at 21:00:45 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1000-128
Comment:
Hi, I had windows 98 and I reformated my hard drive and wiped everything out. I then installed XP. My computer is soo slow, and my old old computer hanldes XP fine and it isnt as good of a pc. What should I do??
Name: idowackus Date: November 4, 2003 at 21:02:59 Pacific
Reply:
how much ram did your old computer have? you only have 128 in your current one, and that isn't very much for xp. XP uses a lot more ram for all programs it runs, compared to 98 and 2000.
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Response Number 2
Name: steve Date: November 4, 2003 at 21:04:17 Pacific
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My old computer also has 128
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Response Number 3
Name: OVV Date: November 4, 2003 at 23:01:36 Pacific
Reply:
Go to:
Start/Settings/ Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance
Change to "Adjust for best performance". This will speed you up noticably. There are other tweaks you can do as well but a stick of memory will help the most.
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