re: ADD?Replace 12Gig Drive. Dell 450MH
Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 6:16 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gerry Kroll
(1986 messages posted)
Don't go for a drive larger than 32 Gb. Your system BIOS probably won't handle anything
larger.
You can get some immediate relief by cleaning out your temporary folder, and by deleting
all files named with the .chk suffix. You'll find these in c:\.
Reduce the amount of space allowed for temporary Internet files. I have mine set
to 10 Mb, and find that that's plenty.
On Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 4:37 pm, Limey wrote:
>My computer is a Dell 450 MH Dimension, running Win 98. Generally, I am still happy
>enough with the Dell that I don't want to buy a new machine. However, the 12 Gig
>HD is constantly bumping the low storage alarm, and I am getting tired of removing
>and deleting files. A bigger HD seems inevitable. I have two CD ROM drives and a
>ZIP, in addition to my A drive. There are no more bus cables to use. I have a USB
>expander with spare ports. My printer is on parallel bus.
>How should I proceed; how big a drive should I go for and of what manufacturer?
Can
>I keep what I have (I am terrified of starting with a fresh driveand being down
for
>days struggling), while adding another? Lastly, for a future upgrade, ME was recommended
>by a friend, but he cautioned that it takes a ton of memory and storage. Also, the
>2nd ME edition is due out. Any comments? Thanks.
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