Upgrade Dell Laptop

J_B

bsod wrote: »

disk management or device manager should clearly tell you what disk you have installed, it's total capacity, and it's volumes if you really want to know, but it's not cooking the chicken - done a backup?

if it is a 500gb disk, disk management should say something like

disk0 465.76gb

10MB 1st partition
20 GB recovery
rest 446GB allocated to c

J_B

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Have you 'backed up' your important data?

Nope

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I've re-sent the installation disk, in case you don't have the 64 bit version.
With 3GB of RAM, both 32-bit and 64-bit are fine.

I assume that's better than using my own OEM disk?

J_B

bsod wrote: »

If it needs to be used off the mains for long periods, download batteryinfoview to check the wear level and capacity of the battery,

What does it all mean??

grumpycrab

Ok, so you've only got a 160GB (or whatever) disk. Backup important data and do what NiftyDigits said. Blimey, he's even sent you the installation disk. What are you waiting for?

NiftyDigits

J_B wrote: »

Nope


I assume that's better than using my own OEM disk?

I don't know anything about your disk.

J_B

grumpycrab wrote: »

Ok, so you've only got a 160GB (or whatever) disk. Backup important data and do what NiftyDigits said. Blimey, he's even sent you the installation disk. What are you waiting for?

I'm waiting for DD to finish her Uni' course which will be another 2/3 weeks, then I can have the PC for a couple of days without any interruptions!

J_B

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I don't know anything about your disk.

Win Home Premium 7 32-bit English (OEM System Builder pack)

prowla

32 bits will be fine for that laptop.