Recently i bought a new 500gb HDD i put windows XP proff. SP2 when i booted up windows i checked to see how much harddrive space it had and it only recognized 127gbs i restarted my computer pressed F2 checked my drives and it said Hitachi 500gb so it should be showing me my full 500gbs instead of 127 is XP holding it back? any help is appreciated thanks,

vht

I have a budget of $80.00 to get a new Video card whats the best bang for my buck right now?

Well, if you want to determine if the RAM irmine if the RAM is at fault, then it would be s at fault, then it would be best to boot memtest off a floppy or flash drive. However, I generally chase after software problems before I start looking into hardware faults.

Luminouslight

You didn't format the HDD yourself? If this a clean install, it certainly sounds like something wrong, most likely either with the reinstall or a hardware problem.Luminouslight

my uncle did it he has done it for me everytime, could it be ram i just bought a 1gb of ram about a month ago they worked fine till now if thats the case

So i just got my comp back yesterday from being wiped (i get it wiped every year) and all is fine till today i boot up it fine everything is working internet, wow etc. so i turn it off for a minute then turn it back on my desktop shows up everything seems fine till i hear a noise from my comp and my computer freezes i can still move the mouse but not click anything it will sit there for a while un freeze a second then do it again ive restarted my comp many times and it still does it, it has never done this for the 5yrs ive had it any idead :?

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Sorry that it took so long to reply. I am running Windows XP 32-bit and i have a 5 year old machine the ram it takes is PC133 and the biggest stick u can get it 512mb so i bought two of those then next week i will be buying another 512mb stick. i wont see any improvements?

zaku101

You'd most likely see the biggest difference with a new graphic card. But then again I don't know what your CPU is. The ram might be noticeable when around a lot of other players.

Sorry that it took so long to reply. I am running Windows XP 32-bit and i have a 5 year old machine the ram it takes is PC133 and the biggest stick u can get it 512mb so i bought two of those then next week i will be buying another 512mb stick. i wont see any improvements?

i am getting my new ram for my pc i will be upgrading from 640mb to 1gb i play wow all the time will i see a good boost of performance or just a minor boost? Please give me any of your advice thanks! :D