Additional RAM will help it run a little better. 128MB is all that is necessary.
>But if you have the empty memory socket(s) and can get the memory used or at a reasonable
>low price, go ahead and add it. Windows ME supports up to 640 MB of memory and can
>run with up to 1GB with a simple SYSTEM.INI patch. But you have no need for that
>much memory. In fact, you will see little advantage in having more than 256MB of
>RAM. Just adding a 256MB module would be the best thing for you to do.
>

As far as adding a new disk drive. New 60GB drives are hard to find now. You can
>find 80GB drives that will work well as well as 120GB drives. But be aware, Windows
>ME does not support partitions larger than 137GB. And that Model of DELL computer
>does not support drives larger than 137GB. There are ways to use larger drives, but
>that is a risk on those old DELL computers. Seems some of the system boards hardware
>have problems and will get random errors if you try using an internal disk drive
>larger than 137GB. So stay with a drive of 120GB or less. I would also recommend
>checking the BIOS version level in your machine if it does not seem to support a
>drive larger than 60GB and get DELL's BIOS flash update for your machine so it can
>use drives up to 120GB.
>

Just cleaning up and checking your disk drive might do almost as much for that
>old machine as adding memory. See: >target="_blank" title="Windows ME Fixes web page"> >border="0">page

Written in response to: re: Adding memory and hard drive? (Jack Gulley: Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 11:09 pm) Responses to this message: re: Adding memory and hard drive? (Jack Gulley: Monday, March 6, 2006 at 2:58 pm)

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