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Quote from: Snoopy on January 06, 2009, 01:02:22 PMQuote from: Uncle Mort on January 06, 2009, 12:55:16 PMAn external hard drive is just a storage device, it won't speed up the computer. You need memory and/or a better graphics card. I would guess that the Dell laptop cannot take either.The bit about memory and graphics cards is what the man in the shop said. I had hoped that perhaps an external hard drive would "speed" things up by taking some of the load but clearly my hopes are misguided.In my ignorance I had assumed that more storage = more memory ~ this is based on the message that comes up on the screen saying "You have insufficent memory to play this game"How did you remember it said that?
Quote from: Uncle Mort on January 06, 2009, 12:55:16 PMAn external hard drive is just a storage device, it won't speed up the computer. You need memory and/or a better graphics card. I would guess that the Dell laptop cannot take either.The bit about memory and graphics cards is what the man in the shop said. I had hoped that perhaps an external hard drive would "speed" things up by taking some of the load but clearly my hopes are misguided.In my ignorance I had assumed that more storage = more memory ~ this is based on the message that comes up on the screen saying "You have insufficent memory to play this game"
An external hard drive is just a storage device, it won't speed up the computer. You need memory and/or a better graphics card. I would guess that the Dell laptop cannot take either.
Quote from: Darwins Selection on January 06, 2009, 01:34:06 PMQuote from: Snoopy on January 06, 2009, 01:02:22 PMQuote from: Uncle Mort on January 06, 2009, 12:55:16 PMAn external hard drive is just a storage device, it won't speed up the computer. You need memory and/or a better graphics card. I would guess that the Dell laptop cannot take either.The bit about memory and graphics cards is what the man in the shop said. I had hoped that perhaps an external hard drive would "speed" things up by taking some of the load but clearly my hopes are misguided.In my ignorance I had assumed that more storage = more memory ~ this is based on the message that comes up on the screen saying "You have insufficent memory to play this game"How did you remember it said that? I went and tried to load the game and wrote down what it said.
Quote from: Snoopy on January 06, 2009, 01:36:36 PMQuote from: Darwins Selection on January 06, 2009, 01:34:06 PMQuote from: Snoopy on January 06, 2009, 01:02:22 PMQuote from: Uncle Mort on January 06, 2009, 12:55:16 PMAn external hard drive is just a storage device, it won't speed up the computer. You need memory and/or a better graphics card. I would guess that the Dell laptop cannot take either.The bit about memory and graphics cards is what the man in the shop said. I had hoped that perhaps an external hard drive would "speed" things up by taking some of the load but clearly my hopes are misguided.In my ignorance I had assumed that more storage = more memory ~ this is based on the message that comes up on the screen saying "You have insufficent memory to play this game"How did you remember it said that? I went and tried to load the game and wrote down what it said.I have had an external floppy for years, but I can't remember on-screen messages.
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So does it speed things up then? ~ I ask because Minor has a lap-top (Dell) that I am told I cannot buy more memory for ~ apparently this particular old model was not built to be able to up-grade memory or summat.Anywhoo ~ would an external hard drive be a cheap option to speed things up and enable him to play games etc?
Quote from: Snoopy on January 06, 2009, 12:41:30 PMSo does it speed things up then? ~ I ask because Minor has a lap-top (Dell) that I am told I cannot buy more memory for ~ apparently this particular old model was not built to be able to up-grade memory or summat.Anywhoo ~ would an external hard drive be a cheap option to speed things up and enable him to play games etc?I want mine to store music and photos on. Whilst it won't speed it up I have found in the past that the more memory space I free up the quicker the pc runs. Whilst I have no idea why it does seem to be the case. My pc at work runs all my graphics stuff off an external hard drive as when I had it on my main pc it was terribly clunky. The external hard drive situation was created as a work around.For £50 it is worth a try Snoops. If it doesn't work then it is a cheapish mistake that can be a useful backup medium.Quick and simple explanation - Basically Windows (and other software) uses some of your hard drive as temporary "RAM" as and when needed. If your hard drive is very full, or has fragmented then it slows down everything - a tidy defragmented will always help to run stuff faster.
