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entwisi · 20-10-2005, 05:36

will what be compatible? for memory check for PC100. eBay is not my favourite place for memory as it is delicate and easily damaged. It would also be a pain to send it back if it didn't work. You are asking for trouble in my opinion

If teh school put XP on I would say it should be legit. Ask for a disc explaining that you are upgrading the hard disk. I'm a bit surprised that they have put XP on such a low spec machine. You will need to ask for the license number as well if you are reinstalling.

as for being complicated for someone like me its not, if you don't play with PCs a lot you may find it overwhelming. It is a significant investment of time though. To get a new HD, memory, reinstall XP plus all the other stuff, you are looking at 4-5 hours if it all goes smoothly. Any problems and you can double that.

<side note> It makes me laugh that to do a full install of windows, all the drivers, updates, core software(office etc), AV, Firewall, spyware etc takes 4-5 hours min, yet with linux I can install a full system with all software (including servers for www, mail, usenet, and all software to make a fully useable system in about 1 & 1/2 hours tops. Yet Linux is often touted as hard to install!

20-10-2005, 05:36	#7
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Any PC Teckies Around Please ! will what be compatible? for memory check for PC100. eBay is not my favourite place for memory as it is delicate and easily damaged. It would also be a pain to send it back if it didn't work. You are asking for trouble in my opinion If teh school put XP on I would say it should be legit. Ask for a disc explaining that you are upgrading the hard disk. I'm a bit surprised that they have put XP on such a low spec machine. You will need to ask for the license number as well if you are reinstalling. as for being complicated for someone like me its not, if you don't play with PCs a lot you may find it overwhelming. It is a significant investment of time though. To get a new HD, memory, reinstall XP plus all the other stuff, you are looking at 4-5 hours if it all goes smoothly. Any problems and you can double that. <side note> It makes me laugh that to do a full install of windows, all the drivers, updates, core software(office etc), AV, Firewall, spyware etc takes 4-5 hours min, yet with linux I can install a full system with all software (including servers for www, mail, usenet, and all software to make a fully useable system in about 1 & 1/2 hours tops. Yet Linux is often touted as hard to install!