03-26-17 13:49 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: New HDD for XP pc
Howdy! Holger,

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message on Sunday 03-23-17 Ed Vance said to All:

 HG> Hi Ed,

 EV> My HP a1430n XP SP3 pc has a AMD 3800+ Dual Core CPU and has been
 EV> acting very slow when starting up or when I start a program.

 EV> I've been thinking if I replaced the 250GB HDD with a 2TB HDD it
 EV> might speed up the pc's performance with more Free Space on the HDD.

 HG> Rather you should run one of the free clean-up programs, like CCleaner.
 HG> That way you'll get rid of a lot of trash that slows the boot process.

 HG> I'm using that program myself.

I got a copy of CCleaner back in 2010.

I never used it much because I sometimes like to see what is in the
Temporary Files on this XP pc.  Yeah, I know, I'm not the smartest.

 EV> The C:\ Partition is NTFS and has 194GB Used with 30GB Free = 224GB

 HG> With NTFS partitions there's no need to run a diskfrag program.

 EV> The D:\ Partition is FAT32 and has 8.06GB Used with 434MB Free =
 EV> 8.48GB Total

 HG> The D:\ partition shouldn't slow down the boot process, since I imagine
 HG> that everything needed is on C:\.

I don't think so either.
I don't see many files added or given a more recent date, I always thought
it was where HP put the Recovery Data they asked me to make when I got
the XP box.
The D: partition is 8GB and the two Recovery DVD I made total about 8GB too.

 HG> Starting up programs from D: could benefit from a diskfrag.

O.K. , Thanks!

 EV> The pc has 3GB DDR 400 RAM and uses a 8.9GB Pagefile.sys file.

 HG> 3Gb RAM should be more than needed for XP or XPpro. I have considerably
 HG> less in my Thinkpad/XPpro. and doing well, but OTOH I'm not much for
 HG> picture editing, but looking at'em is OK.

What little Resizing, aka picture editing I do with Irfanview ain't much.
I'm glad I can piddle some with images/pictures.

 HG> On another note: You may have got the impression that I have been badly
 HG> hurt/wounded in an accident. It ain't so. Broken bones are usual here
 HG> when we have snow and ice, which is the rule during the winter.

 HG> On Jan 2nd I slipped on an ice patch an fell on my left hip. I knew
 HG> immeadetely that my left leg was broken,and xray's at the hospital told
 HG> that the neck of the femur was broken.

 HG> A 3 hour operation and almost two weeks in hospital and more than a
 HG> month at the rehab center followed before I could get home.

Thanks for the updated info.
I have slipped on ice a long time ago, and had to use a cane when I walked.
Never had to be in the hospital though, I'm glad the hospital helped You.

I hate to walk on ice, I just slide one foot at a time when I have to.

73 de Ed W9ODR   .     .
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