Since I've never done it before I thought it was a good idea if I start with a barebones system from MultiWave.
The one I'm about to order includes
Epox 8kta3 motherboard
AMD TBird 1GHZ 266 FSB
Heatsink and fan
256 MB PC133 Ram
Enlight 7237 case
Floppy Drive
All for 324.00 shipped, assembled, and tested, which I think is pretty reasonable.
I also have a Philips 8x4x32 Internal CD-RW Drive, and whichever 40G hard drive I can find a deal on this week.
So my questions are
1 - Can I use this video card?
I don't need a $200.00 card, and am getting lost trying to pick one. I just want nice text, decent 3D, and DVD support.
2 - What is burning in, and how do I do it.
3 - The operating system I have is a 3 year old copy of Windows 98 from my old computer. Is it ok to put this on and how many updates do I need to go download from Microsoft. Just the latest service pack? It seems I've upgraded my OS so many times with bug fixes, service packs, Y2K updates, etc.
4 - Once I plug everything in, format the HDD and install the operating system am I good to go? or will I need any new drivers or anything.
5 - Is there a way to copy some files from my old hard drive to a new one easily without tranfering them to CD's (mainly I'm thinking about the 5G of mp3's thats on my poor lil' 8G hard drive now lol.
Thanks for anyone who wants to help me out and talk slow to a newby
Meja
The one I'm about to order includes
Epox 8kta3 motherboard
AMD TBird 1GHZ 266 FSB
Heatsink and fan
256 MB PC133 Ram
Enlight 7237 case
Floppy Drive
All for 324.00 shipped, assembled, and tested, which I think is pretty reasonable.
I also have a Philips 8x4x32 Internal CD-RW Drive, and whichever 40G hard drive I can find a deal on this week.
So my questions are
1 - Can I use this video card?
I don't need a $200.00 card, and am getting lost trying to pick one. I just want nice text, decent 3D, and DVD support.
2 - What is burning in, and how do I do it.
3 - The operating system I have is a 3 year old copy of Windows 98 from my old computer. Is it ok to put this on and how many updates do I need to go download from Microsoft. Just the latest service pack? It seems I've upgraded my OS so many times with bug fixes, service packs, Y2K updates, etc.
4 - Once I plug everything in, format the HDD and install the operating system am I good to go? or will I need any new drivers or anything.
5 - Is there a way to copy some files from my old hard drive to a new one easily without tranfering them to CD's (mainly I'm thinking about the 5G of mp3's thats on my poor lil' 8G hard drive now lol.
Thanks for anyone who wants to help me out and talk slow to a newby
Meja