Re: laptop upgrade??

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:54:07 -0800 (PST), louscannon
<grahamchapman1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, I can get a battery from Ebay, for about £20, and I've bid a 256
PC133 module for a fiver, and I can add that to the existing 32MB
already installed. Ive checked the HD, and it can be easily slide out
from the bottom, and I just need to get the right sort of Torx head to
get it out. If I go for, say 20GIG or higher, would that be OK?

Yep. That all sounds pretty positive! I'd certainly recommend buying a
new HD rather than an eBay one though. Apart from the usual
second-hand hard drive potential problems, a current 40+gig drive will
be considerably faster, quieter and cooler running than an old one.

I can
ghost the image across the new hard drive, but to honest, my daugher
said I can ditch the old data and start again!

I would - upgrading versions of Windows is always more pain than
starting from scratch.

Unless there's a set of XP drivers for it on the HP website, check out
the hardware list in Win98 before taking it apart - it's likely that
everything inside will be supported by the WinXP install given its
age, but particularly the names of the audio, video and networking kit
is well worth having in case of problems.

Cheers - Jaimie
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