Subj : Re: New HDD for XP pc
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ed Vance
Date : Mon Apr 03 2017 10:38 pm

03-27-17 01:38 Dale Shipp wrote to Ed Vance about Re: New HDD for XP pc
Howdy! Dale,

DS> @MSGID: <[email protected]>
-=> On 03-25-17  19:28,  Ed Vance <=-
-=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: New HDD for XP pc <=-
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EV> I've only used Verbatim, WD and Toshiba drives for backing up the pc.
EV> Has Seagate corrected whatever problem their drives were having in the
EV> past?

DS> I was not aware of that, and thought that they were a reputable brand.
DS> My system has a WD drive, as installed by Dell.  Best I can advice is
DS> to do some online research using Google, and/or checking some forum
DS> discussions, such as www.xpforums.com .

EV> I thought to look at the Windows XP Task Manager to see what the
EV> Performance Tab Settings are, and type them in for You (and Others)
EV> to look at.

EV> Processes: 68       CPU Usage: 20%      Commit Charge: 1915M/12009M

DS> I like to sort on CPU usage so that I can see exactly what is using the
DS> process time.  That amount of CPU usage might well be pretty normal
DS> given your system.   Again, you might be well served to look at the
DS> forum I mentioned for help and advice from a larger audience with more
DS> direct experience.

When I start the XP Task Manager I click that CPU Tab too.

Thanks for the xpforums.com URL.
I will take a look there too to see what they say, and maybe Log In.???



... Del *.* really improved my disk space.
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