tech/computer wizards

[turbojolt]

this is annoying me now, im trying to restore the laptop to its factroy settings to see if it makes much diffrence, but this whole push CTRL & F11 on start up crap isnt working at all and i dont have the orginal setup disc so what should i do?

[turbojolt]

reading up on these ssd drives looks like it would cost me about 50 quid to get one set up on the laptop, anyone ever done one of these kinda conversions

would be great to have loads more space so i can download shed loads of emulators and roms with out it effecting the laptop to much

[Mazz]

this is annoying me now, im trying to restore the laptop to its factroy settings to see if it makes much diffrence, but this whole push CTRL & F11 on start up crap isnt working at all and i dont have the orginal setup disc so what should i do?

What ever you do don't go on thepiratebay and download a updated copy of XP Failing that PM me your address and I send you a copy! If your laptop is quite old, don't even bother with Vista, 7 or 8. Nothing wrong with XP..

reading up on these ssd drives looks like it would cost me about 50 quid to get one set up on the laptop, anyone ever done one of these kinda conversions

would be great to have loads more space so i can download shed loads of emulators and roms with out it effecting the laptop to much

SSD drives are great but why do you need one specifically? If your going to re-install XP, why not just chuck a bigger normal IDE (I assume) drive in? SSD's imo, are too new yet and so are still quite expensive for a relatively small capacity.

TBH, your best bet might be sticking a copy Linux Mint or Zorin on it, being old'ish - both a completely free to download and are geared towards people moving from a Windows based OS

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

http://zorin-os.com/free.html

[turbojolt]

i havent already got a torrent of the newist xp downloading


ive been doing more reading and i can get a straight forward swap harddrive for 30 odd quid, to bring it up from 20gb to 120gb so might just do that rather then mess about with the ssd's

also been reading up on upgrading the ram from 512mb, i can get it upto 1gb for around £20, the laptop can take upto 2gb but that will cost £40+ so im not sure if its worth the extra cash

[turbojolt]

p.s from what ive read vista would have been to much for this laptop to run as it is, so im glad i stoped and deleted that torrent, i mean didnt even start downloading it because thats naughty

[Southie]

Buy a Apple Mac product and enjoy IMO worth the money and less agro of virus shÃ*t.

[turbojolt]

Buy a Apple Mac product and enjoy IMO worth the money and less agro of virus shÃ*t.

never used mac, but by all accounts they produce a very well finished product, if i ever buy a brandnew laptop i would go mac but for now im going to give this laptop the nova treatment


nova treatment= spending loads of money on a old peice of **** in the vain hope it will be better then when you started

[Jack]

What ever you do don't go on thepiratebay and download a updated copy of XP

Agreed. Microsoft will give it to you for free.

The serial number though... you'll have to pay for that

Anyway, just put linux on. Much better

[turbojolt]

im dowloading linux as we speak the windows torrent i didnt dowload was rubbish


after more reading im now getting x2 1gb ram sticks & a caddy to replace the cd drive so i can run a 500gb sata harddrive

that lot will max out my budget so will have to do

[turbojolt]

can anyone recommend a good make of hard drives?