[nj12nets]

many problems issues with speed on 90% of computers can be easily solved by just changing the amount of startup items. you go into start->run->msconfig->startup then you look at everything checked and when you see programs you dont necessarily want to have load on startup/dont care about you uncheck them then you hit apply and restart.

[Alan18]

Cool, thanks for the tips.


Alan

[nj12nets]

no problem just trying to help out

[JohnWill]

I solved my speed issues by buying a P4-3.2ghz, a gig of dual DDR, and a pair of WD Raptors in a RAID-0 array. Much better performance than the old rig!

[John Burns]

I'm lazy - instead of msconfig, I installed WinPatrol (free) and let them help me manage startup programs - check it out at:

http://www.winpatrol.com/

Just a suggestion - for a free program, it's great - if you want it to look up what specifically startup items are in detail - there's a pay version (Plus). This has been a real timesaver to me - but then again - guess I'm lazy. lol.

[nj12nets]

yo johnwill i got a 3.0 H-T 533 wheni t 1st came out. with a raid-0 array 120 gig(60 gig) n 512. not much speed problems but occasionally u kno when i got 80 gig full. so das y u get a ext hd(200 is crazy) ext enclosures r easy. never knew how easy. done 2 for other ppl also. but this is for people hoo dont know about that

[JohnWill]

I can look around this room and see at least eight external drive enclosures, several DVD-RW drives and a bunch of hard disks, totaling more than a terabyte. Honest, I have heard about external drives.

[nj12nets]

i knew about em but never heard about external enclosures. i took my first adventure \with a 200 gig n a cheap aluminum wit lights. it was intresting given i had no idea. but it was easy. 5 imns later i plug it in and say ****. how do i format it. thats when i came here and they told me how to format. since then ive done stuff for my uncles. its easy and useful