I am running XP Pro
on a PC with 2 hard drives and 2 DVD drives.
They are
C: Main Hard Drive

I have a new hard drive, and I want to have two partitions on the disk one
for the os and the other for program files.  How much space should I reserve
for the os?

I am running 3.2Ghz proccessor with intel pentium 4 ht, with 128mb pci-e
video card, and 2 gb of ram.
Is it worth upgrading this system or buying a completely new system once
windows vista comes out?

Is there a way to completey a erase a hard drive of all its information?

Is it a good Idea to upgrade my memory 512mb? I've heard so many people
wanting to upgrade because it would add performance on older pc (2-3 years)
but what are the chances of the system becoming damage, unstable, faulty
memory and crashes that may occur after upgrading to a high ...

I have been reading around the web and everybody is saying that Windows
XP(non 64bit) Supports up to 4GB of "memory". But this isn't very
specific. Rumor has it at the IT department I work at that XP will only
be able to make use of 2GB of physical RAM and  that the page file is

Ok I know I have never had a problem reinstalling windows before.  Now
with a new AMD processor and motherboar I cannot reinstall windows XP
at all.  It simply restarts the computer 10 seconds after I hit enter
or "r". There's no liscense agreement.  i can get into safe mode and

DVD/CD-RW DRIVE D: DOES NOT WORK.  HARDWARE/ DRIVER
IS RECOGNIZED BUT DEVICE MNGR HAS ERROR CODE 41.
HELP.

I'm beefing up the hard drive in a Dell; got a 60GB to replace the 40GB
it came with. I don't need much more storage than this. Anyway, I've
already used Norton Ghost to clone the old disk to the new one in an
external USB box and the clone appears to be of the same type and size

I have a Western Digital MyBook Essential 250GB connected via USB. It works
fine, and when I am hibernating my computer, it also shuts down. When I am
restarting my computer from hibernation, the external harddisk also spins up,
but it won't be shown in device-manager, and I ...

A few days ago we installed the above together with the Mouse and Fingerprint
Reader, the supplied Intellitype Pro 5.2 software was updated to 5.5 from the
Microsoft website.
We are now informed by Microsoft Support that this keyboard will not access

I have just upgraded my pc with several new components including a 250 GB
HD.  I formatted the HD and loaded Windows XP Pro.  I now have the pc
running well and am in the process of re-loading software.  Through reading
the helpful ideas on this newsgroup, I have learned about ...

I have a 40GB drive in a Dell and I also have an external USB backup,
the same size. I am considering putting in a larger drive to the Dell
and ultimately matching the backup with a similar, larger drive (most
likely 60GB or 80 GB for each).

Ok first of all ill but a CD-R in the drive and it will reconize it but when
i burn songs to it, it say it was a sucessful burn but when i put it in my
computer it says there is nothing on the CD!
Please help!

How safe is firmware updates for DVD burner drive? I've read that it could
make the dvd drive better or make it worse. Can i undo/uninstall the firmware
update once it installed or is it permanently installed on the dvd drive
memory.