Angela,

Judging from the cpu (pentium 200MHz), you are using an older model computer
that probably does not support the 20GB hard drive you purchased. Older
computers were limited to ~2GB (and ~528MB before that) due to hardware and
software limitations. The next bump up was 8.4GB hard drive limit. Windows
ME might be a bit of a stretch on this system as well. The 64 MB ram is a
bit on the low side. For a small investment in time and money, you could
build an AMD duron based computer with 246MB RAM. You could probably salvage
the hard drive, CD burner, keyboard, mouse and monitor to use in the
upgrade. To stay on the cheap side, I would look at the ECS K7S5A
motherboard (built in sound and lan), a 1.3MHz AMD Duron, and 256MB of 133
SDRAM. You will probably need a new power supply as well. You should be able
to do this for under $200. Other possible necessities would be a new video
card. Any ISA cards would also have to be replaced.

Good luck,

Jim

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Angela Espinoza
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 9:19 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Trouble shoot


Hi I have a question.
Is there a program to find out if your computer is working properly, I have
run scan disk several times, and defrag, and also the virus scan, but my
computer does not find anything wrong, but it is not working properly, I
installed a 20 GB hard drive and I went to a computer shop and I was told
that I would run in to problems because my computer is old I installed
windows me, I was running before windows 98, I had a 1.99 GB Hard drive now
I have 20GB hard drive, Intel pentium MMX 200 mhz 64 ram and I have
installed a 40x12x48 Sony cd-RW have a digital camera, and a web cam,  if
there is a program can you let me know the name so that  I can purchase it,
or what type of mother board can I buy and if I have to buy a new computer
what do I need to look for.

Thank you

Angela

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