Recent content by BBL

Sorry, perhaps I misspoke. I meant, boot the computer, then when the desktop loads, put in the CD, then load the program. Then connect the other HD, tell the program to copy the files to Drive #: or whatever it will show up as, and when it's done, simply shut down, remove the battery, swap...

For what it's worth, my old Dell Inspiron battery is 7 years old, and it holds a charge just a couple minutes shorter than this one. How sad is that? @Elena, Nothing questionable in the connector, someone told me the adaptor itself may be going bad and not allowing enough current to go...

This still all sounds a bit difficult for me. I've never copied HD's before (obviously) so I wonder if it would be easier for me to skip that transfer stage altogether? Basically, if I went and bought a new HD (I would have to buy a full version of 7, correct?) and did not transfer anything...

The RAM will be upgraded. Unfortunately, 2GB is the limit, as that is all the motherboard will support. I appreciate your recommendation on the HD, but that is a very new product, and I'd like to see how it holds up. It's also quite expensive, compared to similar 500GB hard drives. My thing...

It's a whole lot better than Liberty City though. Guys, when I try to go into the BIOS, it asks me for the password. I have no idea what it is. The computer doesn't have a password, I never set one up, since I'm the only one who ever uses it. Vista takes long enough to load as it...

This is on my Compaq Presario F730US. It currently has an (original) 120GB HD installed, which (although it is 10x bigger than the one on my previous laptop) is still a bit small, compared to todays standards. What, with all the 500GB, 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2+TB models out there. Does anyone know...

How do I go into BIOS and do that? It seems to be playing fine, and the OS shows the card I have installed supports 288MB Max video RAM. SO I'm guessing it's 256MB total, with a "surge" o something up to 288.

This involves my 2008 Compaq Presario F730US laptop. Recently, the battery would charge, and, sometimes, it wouldn't. When I plug it in, it will say something like "Battery: 11%. Plugged in, not charging." Of course, that worries me, so I'll run the HP Computer Check thing, and tell it...

Well, GTA: San Andreas came out nearly 6 years ago, so that works out perfect! :D (Sorry, had to) what is an "onboard" chip? I thought they all were? I had the Visual FX set to Very High, and the resolution set to 1200x800. Cranked it down to the minimum, 800x600, and toned back...

Hi everyone, I have a laptop that is around 2 years old now, a Compaq Presario F730US. 1 GB of RAM, 120GB HD, Vista Home Premium, 256MB NVidia GeForce 6100 graphics card, 1.8GHz processor, etc. My problem is, when I go to play GTA: San Andreas, most of the time, the gameplay goes...