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  • bevan840
    bevan840 Posts: 1,014 Forumite
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    edited 29 October 2009 at 9:53AM
    a back up? I have all music and photo's on an external drive, but programs etc are on the internal, I have microsoft student on there too but I've already used it on 3 PC's
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  • macman
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    bevan840 wrote: »
    a back up? I have all music and photo's on an external drive, but programs etc are on the internal, I have microsoft student on there too but I've already used it on 3 PC's

    But you can't transfer your programs anyway. If you had bought a new PC you woud need to resintall them. So no difference in reinstalling them after a reinstall of your OS.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • bevan840
    bevan840 Posts: 1,014 Forumite
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    Ah right, need to find the XP disc then, haven't seen it since I moved last year :o Is re-installing XP ok when you've already used the disc?
    :idea: Jan 09. Debt @ LBM - £11936.55 Debt at worst - £12600.55 Current Debt (01/03/2012) £8,859.51 29.7% Paid off
    Honeymoon Fund £410.40/£6000 House Deposit £1.50
    :A Proud to be dealing with my debts. DFW Nerd 1177 :A
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    bevan840 wrote: »
    Ah right, need to find the XP disc then, haven't seen it since I moved last year :o Is re-installing XP ok when you've already used the disc?

    Yes, you just need your licence key.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Overclocking would be pointless on such a slow processor in my personal opinion (Not to mention the dangers involved)
    :idea:
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    I still think the OP would be best off with a refurb or 2nd hand base unit that will run SIMS 3 and is within his budget. Or pay a PC shop to do the necessary upgrade (but that could end up costing more).
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • bevan840
    bevan840 Posts: 1,014 Forumite
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    edited 29 October 2009 at 10:13AM
    what kind of dangers?

    PS I'm a girl :)
    :idea: Jan 09. Debt @ LBM - £11936.55 Debt at worst - £12600.55 Current Debt (01/03/2012) £8,859.51 29.7% Paid off
    Honeymoon Fund £410.40/£6000 House Deposit £1.50
    :A Proud to be dealing with my debts. DFW Nerd 1177 :A
  • bevan840
    bevan840 Posts: 1,014 Forumite
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    If someone could help me find the right components I need and let me know how to put them in I can try and do that :) I'm guessing a new motherboard and cpu, plus the graphics card at the moment, is there anything else I would need?
    :idea: Jan 09. Debt @ LBM - £11936.55 Debt at worst - £12600.55 Current Debt (01/03/2012) £8,859.51 29.7% Paid off
    Honeymoon Fund £410.40/£6000 House Deposit £1.50
    :A Proud to be dealing with my debts. DFW Nerd 1177 :A
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    bevan840 wrote: »
    what kind of dangers?

    PS I'm a girl :)

    Overclocking is simply feeding a unit more power which results in it running hotter
    Most cpus are already running very hot so if theres insufficient cooling involved the components get that hot they actually start to melt inside resulting in dead computer (graphics cards and RAM can also be overclocked)
    Ive had a dabble here and there and can say that unless the component is designed for overclocking then its really not worth the very small increase in performance (I honestly dont think it would make a jot of difference to your computers speed)
    :idea:
  • bevan840
    bevan840 Posts: 1,014 Forumite
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    Ah right, understand now :) Thank you :)

    Now just have to figure out what I need and how to go about doing it :) But will be making a back up tonight onto the external (1TB so plenty of space!!) Then do the malwarebytes scan, post that up and see what happens next :)

    Massive thank you to everyone who is helping me with this :)
    :idea: Jan 09. Debt @ LBM - £11936.55 Debt at worst - £12600.55 Current Debt (01/03/2012) £8,859.51 29.7% Paid off
    Honeymoon Fund £410.40/£6000 House Deposit £1.50
    :A Proud to be dealing with my debts. DFW Nerd 1177 :A
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