Frank wrote:
On 3/30/2014 5:41 PM, Jerry wrote:
My machine is old, 12 yrs to be exact. I do believe my hard drive is
dying. Wouldn't mind keeping my monitor, but would like to increase
memory,
speed, etc. And, specifically would like all my information put on
the new
system. I really like Outlook Express, but have heard it is not available
anymore.

In other words, I need some words of wisdom regarding what information I
should be looking for. And what should I steer clear of?

As you can tell I really lack computer knowledge.

thanks



Argument I'm having with wife on her old machine.
Figure new hard drive, couple of extra gigs memory and new OS, you're
going to spend about $300.
Hi.
When you mention extra gigs of memory, are you running 32 bit or 64 bit
machine or Linux? 32 bit machine(OS) has memory size limit Just addming
gigs of memory may not do any thing. New HDD? Is it SATA drive or an old
IDE? My main box can multi boot XP(32 bit), W7(64bit), W8(64 bit) Ubuntu
12.3. Depending what I do I can boot OS I want/need. Lots of storage,
optical drives, even has floppy yet, LOL. Another box which is up 24/7
is on ssd, 3rd gen. i7, 16 gb memory, Drives 3 surveillance cameras and
NAS box. 16TB on NAS, 8TB in the box. They go to sleep when not active.