-=> On 03-25-17  19:28,  Ed Vance <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: New HDD for XP pc <=-

 EV> The pc had two 500MB sticks of RAM in it when I bought it, so I bought
 EV> two 1GB sticks to put in the other two Slots.

 EV> I couldn't see trashing the two 500MB DDR 400 sticks and buying four
 EV> 1GB sticks to fill all the slots, so I decided 3GB should be enough on
 EV> a pc with a CPU that run at 2 Mc/s.

 EV> The XP OS is 32-Bit and I was told here that the maximum RAM it could
 EV> use was 3.8GB iirc.

 EV> Is that still true?

I have no idea on that, but I see that you have another answer that
essentially confirms that.

 EV> The store I get my Technology products at has Seagate and WD HDDs
 EV> about at the same price BestBuy sells them.

 EV> I've only used Verbatim, WD and Toshiba drives for backing up the pc.
 EV> Has Seagate corrected whatever problem their drives were having in the
 EV> past? 

I was not aware of that, and thought that they were a reputable brand.
My system has a WD drive, as installed by Dell.  Best I can advice is to
do some online research using Google, and/or checking some forum
discussions, such as www.xpforums.com .

 EV> I thought to look at the Windows XP Task Manager to see what the
 EV> Performance Tab Settings are, and type them in for You (and Others)
 EV> to look at.

 EV> Processes: 68       CPU Usage: 20%      Commit Charge: 1915M/12009M

I like to sort on CPU usage so that I can see exactly what is using the
process time.  That amount of CPU usage might well be pretty normal
given your system.   Again, you might be well served to look at the
forum I mentioned for help and advice from a larger audience with more
direct experience.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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