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To: goldworldnet who wrote (88457)	4/26/2015 12:12:15 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Respond to of 110624

Thats a Hitachi drive, they are the best in reliability. Lowest failure rate.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (88457)	4/26/2015 12:13:03 PM
From: GuinnessGuy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110624

Got a 2 TB drive from Amazon to be delivered today. Only $79.99. Five years ago I bought the same drive for $99, so things aren't getting cheaper as fast as they used to. My problem now is mainly RAM. I have 8 GB with 7 devoted to the usual storage and the remaining 1 gigabyte devoted to the on-board graphics. I've got a native 3.6 Ghz quad AMD processor to boot, yet my computer seems to be slowing down like I never would have imagined. Would adding more RAM be the most likely solution?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (88457)	4/26/2015 6:39:07 PM
From: Ken Adams	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110624

Lately my desktop (about 3 years old) has begun to moan and groan rather loudly at initial bootup. This noise goes away by the time the machine actually boots and is ready for use. After that, no unusual sounds and all seems well. After reading about the very inexpensive new HD from Amazon, I'm wondering if that might be a good idea. I "think" I have a complete backup on my new external HD. What would be the procedure for me to install that new Amazon HD and move my backup over onto it.... then be able to "continue to march"? Aside to Josh... I'm now 60 years past my first day in boot camp. Hard to believe!!!

To: goldworldnet who wrote (88457)	7/27/2015 1:24:14 PM
From: relewis	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110624

Well, I guess that warning has some validity. Now I can only boot up in safe mode. Not liking the limitations of same, will proceed with firing up my new HP computer purchased recently with similar attributes and a 3-yr in-home warranty. :) I haven't been able to back up my data for the past few weeks in safe mode so hope my latest CD will suffice. I'm not a heavy user, gaming, video and such, and my 500 HD is still only less than half full so probably just an irritation if it doesn't. When I get the new one fired up, any suggestions for tweaks and reinstalling my data? Someone suggested first running Decrapify to get rid of any bloat. The new one comes with Windows 7 installed and includes disks to upgrade to Win 8.1 but think I'll just wait until 10 stabilizes. Thanks for any suggestions.