Is more RAM what I need?

Fyron · #1 July 4th, 2003, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dumbluck:
I thought that more RAM was the cure for every computer problem! Isn't it?

If only it were that simple.

Q · #2 July 5th, 2003, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dumbluck:
I thought that more RAM was the cure for every computer problem! Isn't it?

It is like money in your life: it solves a lot of problems but not some of the most important ones!
(Just had my philosophical 5 minutes of the day

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Thermodyne · #3 July 5th, 2003, 05:57 PM

In the days of Win95 and systems that came with 8 or 16 megs of ram, more ram fixed a lot of things. But it is not the cure-all that some would have you think. Adding ram will speed up a system that is paging a lot, but it will hardly ever fix a machine that is generating error Messages. With Win98, a clean install followed by an install of the new 9x Version of the installer program followed by installing the remaining drivers and software will fix most problems.

Samurai99 · #4 July 7th, 2003, 07:09 AM

Dear Thermodyne,

I don't suppose you would want to post a complete step-by-step walkthrough of this process. Or send one to me by email. Or tell me where on the Net I could find one.

Thermodyne · #5 July 7th, 2003, 11:58 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Fam ilyID=F1B7A5B0-611B-45A7-A06D-CADFF33E64DA

The installer can be found at the addy above.

Do a clean install with a format. Only install the devices that windows installs on its own. Install chip set drivers. Install windows installer. Install remaining drivers. Install apps.

If your drive is bigger than 6 gigs (I would hope so) Whack out a c: partition that is about 4 gigs and put windows there. Use the rest of the drive for files and apps.

[ July 07, 2003, 23:00: Message edited by: Thermodyne ]

Samurai99 · #6 July 8th, 2003, 04:45 AM

Thank you Thermodyne for your post. I'm afraid this might be too daunting for me, which is unfortunate because I think my computer could use it.

I hate to trouble you with this request, but is there a Web site that would contain a precise and simple-to-follow guide?

TIA

raynor · #7 July 8th, 2003, 05:06 AM

Here is a URL that came up after a Google search for: install windows howto

I skimmed the first few pages of this one, and it seems pretty thorough.

How to install from scratch

Hope this helps.