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    ARGH! Why is my laptop still slow with 1.25gb of ram?

    Can you please tell me how to do that? Guide me through the steps. Thanks
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    ARGH! Why is my laptop still slow with 1.25gb of ram?

    How do I clean up the OS or registry?
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    ARGH! Why is my laptop still slow with 1.25gb of ram?

    My harddrive has always been slow even with 256mb ram.... adding 1gb of ram to it made it faster but it still lags when multitasking.... (especially when scrolling down a page really fast, it's blotchy and slow sometimes, (not smooth)
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    ARGH! Why is my laptop still slow with 1.25gb of ram?

    I'm experiencing a little lag when switching between some programs (just like 1 second hesitation)..... and my PF usage is around 200mb even though i'm not running unnecessary programs at startup. Shouldn't PF usage be around 150mb? Also, should I get 1 more GB of ram to boost the speed? or...
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    ARGH! Why is my laptop still slow with 1.25gb of ram?

    It's not as slow as 256mb ram before but it still lags a little when multitasking.... The PF usage seems to be a little high (around 200mb) I just did a Dell PC restore which restores it to manufactured programs and gets rid of viruses... so i should be fine there. Do I need to upgrade to a...
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    How long do notebook hard drives last?

    So basically notebook HD's last shorter than desktop drives?
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    How long do notebook hard drives last?

    Is it true that 5400rpm HD lasts longer than a 7200rpm HD?
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    How long do notebook hard drives last?

    About how long does it take before I would need to replace my notebook hard drive because it died and is unusable? How long do nb hard drives last? Usualy 3 years??
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    Dual Drive Dilemma.....

    I think my old hd is so corrupted that it's unusuable, i cant even zero the hd with the cd it came with and it doesnt recognized hte hd...... should i just trash the hd or can it somehow still work?
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    Dual Drive Dilemma.....

    I need to delete everything from my old harddrive and start out new again.... the thing is, do i just make a bootable cd? So isn't it just where i download the file, burn it to the cd? is it that simple to make a bootable cd?
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    Dual Drive Dilemma.....

    Appparently I have a Western Digital Caviar and they have an option where you can erase everything by downloading something on their website... However, I have to follow these steps... but i dont understand them: 1. Download the DlgDiag28.zip. 2. Create a bootable floppy and extract the...
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    Dual Drive Dilemma.....

    So right now my PC is using a primary HD, which has little space left.... So, I want to use my old hd which was corrupted as a slave drive. How do I erase all of the stuff on the corrupted harddrive? Will it be necessary to reinstall windows? I will be using my current (one with little...
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    Reformatting HD question:

    how do i use fdisk and are there any guides on booting form win98 floppy?
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    Reformatting HD question:

    can anyone help me
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    Reformatting HD question:

    anyone?