03-27-17 01:38 Dale Shipp wrote to Ed Vance about Re: New HDD for XP pc
Howdy! Dale,

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 -=> On 03-25-17  19:28,  Ed Vance <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: New HDD for XP pc <=-
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 EV> I've only used Verbatim, WD and Toshiba drives for backing up the pc.
 EV> Has Seagate corrected whatever problem their drives were having in the
 EV> past?

 DS> I was not aware of that, and thought that they were a reputable brand.
 DS> My system has a WD drive, as installed by Dell.  Best I can advice is
 DS> to do some online research using Google, and/or checking some forum
 DS> discussions, such as www.xpforums.com .

 EV> I thought to look at the Windows XP Task Manager to see what the
 EV> Performance Tab Settings are, and type them in for You (and Others)
 EV> to look at.

 EV> Processes: 68       CPU Usage: 20%      Commit Charge: 1915M/12009M

 DS> I like to sort on CPU usage so that I can see exactly what is using the
 DS> process time.  That amount of CPU usage might well be pretty normal
 DS> given your system.   Again, you might be well served to look at the
 DS> forum I mentioned for help and advice from a larger audience with more
 DS> direct experience.

When I start the XP Task Manager I click that CPU Tab too.

Thanks for the xpforums.com URL.
I will take a look there too to see what they say, and maybe Log In.???



... Del *.* really improved my disk space.
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