I've been wrestling with intermittent freeze-ups (hard disk light solidly lit, sometimes followed by various STOP BSODs, typically F4 or 7A) that have been exceedingly difficult to troubleshoot given their very random and infrequent occurrences and lack of any logged errors anywhere (and...
OK, so folks used to advise putting the Windows paging file on a different drive (and even better if the drive is off a different controller) than the OS, BUT now it turns out that doesn't make all that much difference performance-wise and most folks advise just leaving it on the OS partition...
I've just swapped a 200 GB Win XP boot drive (C: system drive) for a 300 GB one. I used Acronis True Image to create a copy of the C: drive, then restored it to the new 300 GB drive. All worked fine: I am able to boot off the new C: drive, but True Image created the same partition size as the...
I've just spent the last two days thoroughly testing my Dell Dimension 8250 (P4 3.06 GHz Intel 850 series chipset running Windows XP SP2) USB 2.0 ports and have found them quite lacking. I'm hoping someone can provide me with a clue as to how to get them up to speed.
I've just done a fresh...
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