Subj : Re: New HDD for XP pc To : Dale Shipp From : Ed Vance Date : Mon Apr 03 2017 10:38 pm 03-27-17 01:38 Dale Shipp wrote to Ed Vance about Re: New HDD for XP pc Howdy! Dale, DS> @MSGID: <58D8D529.15094.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net> -=> On 03-25-17 19:28, Ed Vance <=- -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: New HDD for XP pc <=- -snip- EV> I've only used Verbatim, WD and Toshiba drives for backing up the pc. EV> Has Seagate corrected whatever problem their drives were having in the EV> past? DS> I was not aware of that, and thought that they were a reputable brand. DS> My system has a WD drive, as installed by Dell. Best I can advice is DS> to do some online research using Google, and/or checking some forum DS> discussions, such as www.xpforums.com . EV> I thought to look at the Windows XP Task Manager to see what the EV> Performance Tab Settings are, and type them in for You (and Others) EV> to look at. EV> Processes: 68 CPU Usage: 20% Commit Charge: 1915M/12009M DS> I like to sort on CPU usage so that I can see exactly what is using the DS> process time. That amount of CPU usage might well be pretty normal DS> given your system. Again, you might be well served to look at the DS> forum I mentioned for help and advice from a larger audience with more DS> direct experience. When I start the XP Task Manager I click that CPU Tab too. Thanks for the xpforums.com URL. I will take a look there too to see what they say, and maybe Log In.??? .... Del *.* really improved my disk space. --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49 --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: CCO BBS - capcity2.synchro.net - 1-502-875-8938 (1:2320/105) .