All those settings were already set, (I noticed them awhile ago and figured they would help out)
I went to that site and did some of the tweaks that said it was to speed up windows XP shutdown ... ie. the shortcut, and the killtimeout registry entries..... using the shorcut increased the...
MY windows XP system is taking approximately 3-5 minutes to shutdown.
System:
AMD 1.4ghz T-Bird
ECS-K7S5A Motherboard
512MB Crucial DDR RAM
40GB 5400RPM WD HD (Primary) IDE
13GB 5400RPM MAXTOR (Secondary) IDE
8x Plextor Burner
16x DVD-ROM
64MB PNY GEFORCE 2 Video Card...
How does this firewire HD Compare to like the Western Digital Special Edition ???? (in speed)
ANyone know?
also, is their a firewire to USB convertor of some sort ... I'd like to put a lot of useful applications on this hard drive, and take it with me, but most ppl have USB not Firewire ...
Change the Lite On 32x12x40 CDRW Model LTR-32123S $64
to Newegg's
TOSHIBA CD-RW/DVD-ROM -COMBO, MODEL# SD-R1202 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY $93.00
put's you a little over, but not too much.
Here's a deal I found at Staples.com
Fuji FinePix 2300 Digital Camera - 459451 = $189.94
PNY 64MB SmartMedia Card - 471055 = $39.98
Total: $229.92
They have coupon for $50 off $200 Purchase
-50.00
*Total: $179.92
Staples $15.00 PNY Mail-In Rebate
Free shipping on Purchases over...
Click Here to go to jandr.com and purchase this External Firewire Drive at $149.88, then they have a $50 Mail-in Rebate
$99.88 price after mail-in rebate.
Valid: 05/01/2002 to 07/31/2002
I'm ordering one this week ... It seems to be the best performing IDE hard drives to date! ..... (all the WD's with 8mb cache)
I'm going to be getting mine from Newegg.com $125 (free shipping)
All reviews on this drive have been positive all the way as far as i know it ...
Well i havn't actually steered away from SCSI .... if i were to get a SCSI Drive ... which would be best (at the cheapest price) ??? I'm very open to suggestions ... I've never used anything but IDE .... so I don't even have a SCSI card (so i would need to know which one to get, and how much...
Looks like i'm going to be ordering the : 80GB WD800JB w/8mb Buffer 7200 RPM ... for $125.00 (free shipping) at newegg.com
Hopefully this can make a drastic improvement for my system ....
BTW my current Hard drive isn't using PIO mode.
Here is a good place to get them:
KVM Swiches
I never really payed much attention to the brand, but i am pretty sure we used one of Belkins 4-port KVM Switches ... they are slick!
I know we sell them for about $175 at work, but i can't recall exactly which one it was ....
I currently have a WD 40GIG 5400RPM Hard Drive, My windows XP System runs extremely slow.....
I want to upgrade to a Faster HD ....
Does anyone know any good deals out there? I want the best Hard Drive I can get, but at the cheapest possible price.
I have found at Dell i can get the 80GB...
Here is a Screen shot of my Task Manager (33 Processes)
Take a look at that and tell me what you think
This is a farely new install of XP ... like it's been a couple months is all .....
I noticed it when i first installed it that it was pretty slow for being a NEW CPU and everything..
Also...
I currently have Windows XP Pro edition loaded on my 5400 RPM 40 Gig Hard Drive
Rest of computer components:
I have a ECS K7S5A Motherboard (latest bios update), Verto 64MB PNY Geforce2 MX 100/200 video card, 512MB Crucial DDR Ram (2x256mb chips) AMD 1.4Ghz T-Bird CPU, 300watt PSU.
My...
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