Subj : Re: New HDD for XP pc To : Holger Granholm From : Ed Vance Date : Mon Apr 03 2017 11:12 pm 03-26-17 13:49 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: New HDD for XP pc Howdy! Holger, HG> @MSGID: <58D8D52A.15095.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net> HG> In a message on Sunday 03-23-17 Ed Vance said to All: HG> Hi Ed, EV> My HP a1430n XP SP3 pc has a AMD 3800+ Dual Core CPU and has been EV> acting very slow when starting up or when I start a program. EV> I've been thinking if I replaced the 250GB HDD with a 2TB HDD it EV> might speed up the pc's performance with more Free Space on the HDD. HG> Rather you should run one of the free clean-up programs, like CCleaner. HG> That way you'll get rid of a lot of trash that slows the boot process. HG> I'm using that program myself. I got a copy of CCleaner back in 2010. I never used it much because I sometimes like to see what is in the Temporary Files on this XP pc. Yeah, I know, I'm not the smartest. EV> The C:\ Partition is NTFS and has 194GB Used with 30GB Free = 224GB HG> With NTFS partitions there's no need to run a diskfrag program. EV> The D:\ Partition is FAT32 and has 8.06GB Used with 434MB Free = EV> 8.48GB Total HG> The D:\ partition shouldn't slow down the boot process, since I imagine HG> that everything needed is on C:\. I don't think so either. I don't see many files added or given a more recent date, I always thought it was where HP put the Recovery Data they asked me to make when I got the XP box. The D: partition is 8GB and the two Recovery DVD I made total about 8GB too. HG> Starting up programs from D: could benefit from a diskfrag. O.K. , Thanks! EV> The pc has 3GB DDR 400 RAM and uses a 8.9GB Pagefile.sys file. HG> 3Gb RAM should be more than needed for XP or XPpro. I have considerably HG> less in my Thinkpad/XPpro. and doing well, but OTOH I'm not much for HG> picture editing, but looking at'em is OK. What little Resizing, aka picture editing I do with Irfanview ain't much. I'm glad I can piddle some with images/pictures. HG> On another note: You may have got the impression that I have been badly HG> hurt/wounded in an accident. It ain't so. Broken bones are usual here HG> when we have snow and ice, which is the rule during the winter. HG> On Jan 2nd I slipped on an ice patch an fell on my left hip. I knew HG> immeadetely that my left leg was broken,and xray's at the hospital told HG> that the neck of the femur was broken. HG> A 3 hour operation and almost two weeks in hospital and more than a HG> month at the rehab center followed before I could get home. Thanks for the updated info. I have slipped on ice a long time ago, and had to use a cane when I walked. Never had to be in the hospital though, I'm glad the hospital helped You. I hate to walk on ice, I just slide one foot at a time when I have to. 73 de Ed W9ODR . . --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: CCO BBS - capcity2.synchro.net - 1-502-875-8938 (1:2320/105) .