computer upgrade

I just bought a new computer with W8 installed. This is a big step from XP that I've been running for quite a while. I had two drives (both 500Gb) in the old box, and I'd like to use them in the new. When I try the old drive with boot tracks as an internal - the new box has three spaces for...

Hello everyone! First off I'm going to tell you guys and girls that I'm not the computer smart. When it comes to cars, I'm your right hand man, but computer not so much! (Yea i understand the basics of virus protection and what to and not to download) Today while playing Star Wars The Old...

I'm thinking about getting some new RAM, not because I usually don't have enough, but occasionally for reasons unknown to me, RAM usage will spike and cause the system to freeze. It doesn't even have to hit 100%, because when it exceeds 80% it may freeze or at least cause things to become...

I was running Windows 7 for a long time with no problem. It would sleep and wake up just fine. One day, it would not go to sleep any more. I never got to fix it before upgrading to Windows 8. After upgrading, the system still would not go to sleep. I did some research and basically found...

Hello. so this is a simple question but i just wanted to ask because i wanted to make sure i know what i am doing. So my moms old MacBook is no longer functioning, broken. It's a really old computer (2006 model) and sense she's not using it i thought why not take the 300gb hard drive thats...

Hello Guys, i need some help to upgrade my sister's computer which doesn't have a good hardware !! PROCESSOR : Intel CoreTM 2 CPU 6420 2.13GHZ GRAPHICS CARD: Nvidia Geforce 9400 GT Also it had 4gb of RAM... So i figured out that this computer needs for sure a new processor and a new graphics...

Hi there, It's all about my friend's PC and it has the following configuration: MB: Asus P5B-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 RAM: 2X Kingmax 512MB DDR2 667MHz => 1GB VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7300le OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 The first thing i want to do is to buy a new single RAM...

Hey guys, After upgrading my graphics card (to an ATI Radeon HD6850, see CPU-Z report), I found that my computer would BSOD right after the Welcome screen, before the desktop is shown. My initial thoughts were to enter safe mode, which I did and it booted fine. I then booted into Safe Mode...

SOLVED: BSOD Win 7 Prem 64 bit; minidump file attached [I would have marked this thread as 'SOLVED' . . . but I can't figure out how to do it.] Hi. Attached please find my minidump file - Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit SP1, original install, Lenovo desktop with 8GB of RAM with AMD II X2 255...

Is it possible, and if so how do I go about it/is it something a relative novice could undertake without too much of a problem..? Keeping all files & settings also if possible. Thanks.

Resolve an issue in which you receive the error "Windows Anytime Upgrade was not successful" when you upgrade a Windows 7-based computer by using Windows Anytime Upgrade. More...

Presently, I have Win 8 CP on a 40GB WD HDD. What I'd like to do is dump Vista, which is installed on one of my better hard drives, slide Windows 7 over beside XP Pro x64, rebuild the MBR & do a repair install to that. Then, using Mini Tool Partition Home Wizard, copy my Windows 8 install to...

Hi Guys. I haven't had a Windows XP question in a lot of years. My friend Paul asked my to come over and upgrade his Dell computer to 2 Gigs of ram. I did that and it booted and worked fine, but I noticed that only half of his hard drive was available. I said where is the rest of your hard...

Hey everyone, I previously had 4GB of Ram installed on my laptop running Windows 7 64-bit. When my system was idle, ram usage would be sitting at 70% so I decided to upgrade it to 8GB of ram. Now my ram usage sits at 60% - 65% when idle with 8GB of ram. I don't understand how this is even...

Hi Everyone, I am creating video screen captures of my desktop - for the purpose of creating software tutorial videos. My software of choice for the video creation is called Camtasia Studio. I have used Camtasia before on many occassions without issue, however I recently updated my computer...

Hey folks, I was wondering if it was possible to access a different hard drive on a computer via the network option on windows? All the computers on my home network are windows 7 and i'm always accessing stuff from a desktop file on my main computer to my laptop or onto my flat mates...

Hi it has been a very long time since i have upgraded my computer, so i finally updated. H P amd athlonII 650 quad core 8gb 1tb all i did was install a belkin usb adapter to use with a verizon mobile broadband modem/hotspo tafter i had it going for two hours it bsod'ed on me all i can see is...

I'm stuck with computers that I've upgraded to windows 7 and connected them with wires to the network. They come up with unidentified Network (Public network). I want this to change to home network so I can share file with the other computers. All my computers in the house have manually asighned...

I am getting ready to install Windows 7 on my XP computor. Have checked and my computor is suitable. My present computor has 2 Harddrives, each harddrive has some partitions. Will a Windows 7 update effect files on the harddrive without the operating system? Re the partitioned hardrive with...

Today I decided to re-install windows 7 to make it was again, after backing up all the necessary files onto my on board 1TB hard drive I restartrd windows with the retail CD in the CD drive. I pressed F12 and chose to boot with CD rom, now after several minutes whilst the CD was starting up I...