It is a Dell Dimension 2400. It currently only has 128meg RAM (eek!). I just ordered 2 strips of 1 gig RAM so now it will have a total of 2 gigs of RAM when the shipment comes in. That should make a big difference right?
It runs Microsoft XP and it is very very very slow. Start-up of the computer takes about 45 minutes. Seriously.
I really don’t want to format the hard-drive. What else should I do once I get the new RAM installed?
How can I clean-up this old computer and make it faster?
November 17, 2009
Dell DIMENSION DIM2350 Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4CPU 2.20GHz
2.19 GHz, 1050 rams
i have used 19gb out of 25gb
(don’t laugh i know it is a little)
sorry if i write to much but can anybody give opinions and comments on how can i speed up my computer. Whenever start my computer and even start doing something i would have to wait about 10 minutes. So thanks alot
Okay, so my Dell Dimension 9100 seems to be stuck at that Windows XP screen. It will NOT allow me to start in safe mode, and when I choose "start windows normally" or "last known configuration" nothing happens. I tried to start in safe mode countless times and one of those times, I got a blue screen with an error of "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" I ran the hard drive diagnostics which came back as "Fail – Return Code:7" on Drive 0 and of course I have no idea what that means. I haven’t installed any new software. Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Restoring/reinstalling (?) a computer?
July 21, 2009
i have a computer that is pretty virus-ridden and really can’t be saved. i’ve managed to back up everything before it stopped accepting usb drives and writable discs, which is good. i have a bunch of discs that dell sent me a while ago in order to do this. i have… (1) dell dimension resource cd, with device drivers, diagnostics and utilities, and computer documentations (2) reinstallation cd – windows xp professional service pack 2 (3) installation disc for roxio easy cd creator (4) disc for reinstalling dell tools system software – antivirus, support, multimedia, internet software. // now, which should i use first, and what exactly do i do? i know i should probably just call dell, but i hate phone support. i’d rather do it on my own.
or, alternately, where on the web can i find instructions to do this?
Is there free diagnostic software available that I can download to see what type of video card my system has?
June 8, 2009
I recently installed Win2K on a friend's computer, but not sure of the video card. It's a Dell Dimension 4700 desktop unit.
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