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i'm 15 and i don't know a whole lot about computers other then how to use them.. i was gonna format and partition this computer, (i haven't ever formatted it, scandisk never fully runs, and defrag only sometimes works) but instead i think i might just create my own computer because i've heard u can get better parts cheaper...would that be to hard for me to figure out how to do?
If you don't know a lot about computers I wouldn't recommend building your own just yet.
Agreed. You are going to have your hands full reformatting and reloading the OS.
What OS are you going to re-install? (Please dear God, tell me it is not XP!)
nah its not xp..its ME.. i had little control over the computer my dad bought..and its starting to act funny sometimes so i think i need to reformat. i'll do some reading this week-end
well then....thats even worse.Quote:
Originally posted by VBnewbie2002
nah its not xp..its ME.. i had little control over the computer my dad bought..and its starting to act funny sometimes so i think i need to reformat. i'll do some reading this week-end
acutally no wait I support XP
but ME is still bad
-C
If it is running slow, perhaps you need to defrag instead of reformatting and reinstalling the OS.
There is a Thread here about a system running slow. Check that thread.
But then how are you going to learn anything? I mean, what do you learn in a basic basic intro to computers courses - what disks and memory, etc. are. What better hands on experience to actually have them and stick them together.Quote:
Originally posted by GingerNut
If you don't know a lot about computers I wouldn't recommend building your own just yet.
Its better to start off with disassembling and reassembling an already assembled PC. Get a good idea, before attempting fully... no?Quote:
Originally posted by JoshT
But then how are you going to learn anything? I mean, what do you learn in a basic basic intro to computers courses - what disks and memory, etc. are. What better hands on experience to actually have them and stick them together.
and ME sucks. Bad choice, man.
Yeah, I suppose you're right.Quote:
Originally posted by mendhak
Its better to start off with disassembling and reassembling an already assembled PC. Get a good idea, before attempting fully... no?
and ME sucks. Bad choice, man.
Whats wrong with XP? I think its pretty good. You never need to format your comp ever again, just create a restore point on your initial instalation and whenever you think you've installed one too many progs, just revert back to the initial restore point.Quote:
Originally posted by SeanK
Agreed. You are going to have your hands full reformatting and reloading the OS.
What OS are you going to re-install? (Please dear God, tell me it is not XP!)
Thats how I learned... I was quite poor and had an old comp (basicly someones garbage)... I just upgraded componet after component till I had fully rebilt the computer (I guess it was over the span of a year) so in a way I still use my first computer :) (well my first computer was a TRS-8 (5mHz?) w/a cassette tape for a hard drive but thats a different story)Quote:
Originally posted by mendhak
Its better to start off with disassembling and reassembling an already assembled PC. Get a good idea, before attempting fully... no?
Michael
If you don't know much about computers head over to MonarchComputer.com and go to the custom computer workshop. they will build and warranty you a computer for really cheap, with no proprietary equipment or other crap. It's about the next best thing to custom built.