Re: Will more RAM help me...?

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

Have you run Disk Defragmenter immediately after setting up your new system. If not that would help.


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Hope this helps.

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"NoExpertdude" <NoExpertsomeone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F4B7999E-FD71-4682-BB40-A84255AEEBD3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not sure if this is the best discussion group to ask this at but I thought I
would try. Is it worth upgrading my RAM capacity of my old Sony VAIO..? I’m
no computer genius so I could use some good advice. I’ve an older Sony VAIO
PCG-FX310 Laptop I’ve had sense new. Specifications 900Mhz Processor, RAM
128, L2 Cache Memory (CPU integrated) 128 KB, 80 GB Hard drive, XP Home. The
computer has always worked good but over time it would slow down and I would
reinstall the OS with the recovery disks that came with it and it would be
back up to fair/stock performance again which was satisfactory for me I
didn’t/don’t need a tremendous amount of speed for what I do with it.
Recently I out grew the hard drive so I installed a 80 GB hard drive, the OS
with the recovery disks, NOD32 Anti virus, and ZoneAlarmPro 4. Everything
works with my computer now it is just that it is agonizingly slow!! Much
slower than before and my hard drive light flickers on almost constantly when
in use! I have not loaded much software on it yet and I have only used 8.2 GB
of my drive so far. My question is will installing another Memory Module such
as a 256MB in my spare slot help me out with speeding my system up a bit
more..? Or is it futile considering my processor. Would be nice if it ran a
little faster like it did when it was new would be fine.
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Much thanks and appreciation for anyones help/input with this matter. 

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