Going to buy a new computer

[Kirsten]

Good idea! Yes, I think I'm going to try that...

Kirsten

[chocolatepuppy]

Good luck Kirsten! I hate it if I can't get online for any reason! Hopefully you can keep the old one up and running until the new one is all set.

[blue]

Kirsten, could'nt you borrow an external hardrive to save the files you need and just reformat your current hard drive and reinstall XP? It would save you the expense of a new computer. If you dont need to save any files on your current computer just reformat and reinstall XP.

If you do buy a new computer, you could use the old computer to try another operating system other then what Windows offers. Im currently using 3 computers with different OS, XP Pro, Ubuntu desktop, and Ubuntu Server.

[Kirsten]

Kirsten, could'nt you borrow an external hardrive to save the files you need and just reformat your current hard drive and reinstall XP? It would save you the expense of a new computer. If you dont need to save any files on your current computer just reformat and reinstall XP

That was my original plan, but I also wanted to get a second, bigger internal hard drive for my photos. Anyway, it turned out that the interface of current hard drives won't fit, and buying an older HD would almost be as expensive as a new computer. Also, meanwhile I like the thought of having a pc with a dual core processor; my old AMD 3000+ doesn't match today's standards...

Kirsten