theconrodkid
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 11:58 AM |
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any good?
philips amd sempron 2800 64 bit,80 gig h/d 256 ram,15" tft monitor,56k modem for £348
answers is a simple yes/no format please as i am a numpty
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Ketchup
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 12:36 PM |
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sounds expensive,
i could get you a sempron 3000 512ddr ram, 160gb hdd, 17" tft ,dvd writer, modem, 10/100 lan card, and a new lexmark printer with a years
warranty , brand new for £365 + vat 
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CommanderAce
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 12:57 PM |
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Plus the fact that Semperons are for the weak, an Althlon 64 would make your life alot easier in the future
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!
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Peteff
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 01:39 PM |
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Have a look on ebuyer John.
You can buy a system then add a 17" monitor or use your present one till you see one you like. 15" is a bit small these days, size does
matter.
Plus the fact that Semperons are for the weak, is a bit damning if you're only doing a bit of surfing and playing solitaire I have an old P150
pro that will do the job 
[Edited on 31/1/06 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 09:46 PM |
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basicly my hard drive is too small and i need a new compo,nowt too flashy or expensive,whats a p150 pete
[Edited on 31/1/06 by theconrodkid]
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Ronin
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 10:03 PM |
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Simple no, too expensive.
Try Dabs, Ebuyer, Tesco etc
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 10:23 PM |
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twas in tesco i spotted it,ive had a surf around and the spec/price looks ok to a mere numpty like me
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 2/2/06 at 05:03 PM |
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A base unit with AMD64 3200 ,512 ram,80gb hard drive ,and DVD writer can be put together for about £300,
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davidcarr
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| posted on 2/2/06 at 05:16 PM |
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I May be stating the obvious, but why don't you get a new hard drive. Cheaper
Can get 80GB for £30..
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 2/2/06 at 06:27 PM |
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Davidcar,i asked about the hard drive replacement bit but was told it was a job for someone who knows what they are doing,as i dont know what i,m
doing i left it at that,unfortunatley i dont know anyone local that could do it either
slurry dave,you going to pox hill on sun?
who cares who wins
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 2/2/06 at 09:19 PM |
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Its possible, but we can't change your Hard Drive in the car park!!..............................did that sound a bit dodgy?
Oh no matron!!!!
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 2/2/06 at 10:37 PM |
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but i could pick your brains?
who cares who wins
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/2/06 at 10:38 AM |
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4 screws and 2 cable connections to change a hard drive John, that's the easy bit though. If you've got a legit copy of windows you should
be alright. Make sure you get the right type of drive, most likely IDE in your case and find a tutorial on google
like this . Get in there and do it, it's the only way to learn.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 3/2/06 at 01:11 PM |
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I use something called Filecopy ,which makes a replica of the files on your existing drive to the new drive or new drives boot partition, saves a
load of faffing around finding drivers and stuff.
If it all went to plan we could probably do it in an hour or two (famous last words!!)
[Edited on 3/2/06 by Surrey Dave]
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davidcarr
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| posted on 3/2/06 at 01:16 PM |
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Why not just leave the old HD in there with the OS on it to boot off and add another 40-80GB one as a new drive for the space. I suspect you will
have space to put it (unless you have 3 CD/DVD drives). That way you don't need to reinstall the OS, and you just need to open the case, plop it
in (tricky bit), change a couple of settings and boot it back up.
Really its not a hard job. You'll know someone able to do it if you ask around. Otherwise, it wouldn't cost much to get a computer shop
to fit it.
[you'd have to have them both plugged in at some point anyway to do the file copy to the new one. Plus you get a whole 80GB free rather than
80GB minus what you have now ]
If you really wanted to 'image' the old drive I'd use Norton Ghost to do the which fits on floppy, I.e. I could email it to you.
Drive Image is good though, just costs
However.... if really you'd like a new computer and can afford it, go for that option. otherwise save the money.
[Edited on 3/2/06 by davidcarr]
[Edited on 3/2/06 by davidcarr]
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davidcarr
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| posted on 3/2/06 at 03:37 PM |
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see http://www.tigerdirect.com/static/html/hdinstall.html
for installing a hard drive. Pretty easy
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 3/2/06 at 04:42 PM |
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i have a DELL with a small case,no room for another drive inside,i was told external ones wouldnt work,i have no probs swaping the drives,its just the
data transfer that wories me,if i see you on sunday dave ill have words with you about it
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 5/2/06 at 09:11 PM |
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dave,ta for the disc,ive found my "c" is ntfs if that means anything,is that any diffo to "!ide"?
£30 for an 80 gig on e buyer
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 5/2/06 at 11:53 PM |
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ntfs is the the way the hard disk is formatted ,it can be ntfs or Fat32? in XP I believe .
IDE refers to the type of hard drive connection, I'm guessing yours would most likely be IDE.
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