What's the best way to upgrade my hard drive on my desktop? I have a 40GB SSD that I boot from, and I want to upgrade that to an 80GB SSD. What's the best way to move all of my information from the old drive to the new one, and then have the computer boot from the new drive?
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posted by nickhb
on Aug 23, 2012 -
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It's that time of year again - the great new pc games have started rolling out and last year's hotness will not cut it. I currently have a Radeon 5850 - Would you upgrade by getting a second card and running them in Crossfire, or would a slick, new, confusingly-named, single card be a better investment?
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posted by phylum sinter
on May 19, 2011 -
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How upgradable is this iBook? A friend has an old iBook G4 he's indicated he'd be willing to let me have pretty cheaply. I use an iMac at home, but could use a nice portable laptop for occasional travel. The iBook as it is seems a little slow and sluggish to me - I'm just wondering, how "upgradable" is this model, for how much money, etc.? (details inside.)
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posted by dnash
on Jun 22, 2010 -
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I'm ready to buy a new desktop PC with Windows 7, and I can't decide whether to spend more money on a faster CPU or more memory, if either. Which would be better in the long run: i7-860 (or even i7-920) with 6 GB RAM, or i5 with 8 GB of RAM? Considering the CPU alone, is an i7 instead of an i5 worth the extra money?
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posted by Tin Man
on May 7, 2010 -
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2 used laptops: what to do with them? One will be new to me (from my wonderful girlfriend), one will be new to my grandma (from me)
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posted by whiskey point
on Apr 8, 2008 -
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Can I upgrade my motherboard and CPU without reinstalling Vista?
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posted by adi
on Mar 3, 2008 -
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I'm concerned about making my computers sluggish by "upgrading" them. Should I install Leopard on older G4 Macs?
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posted by Phatty Lumpkin
on Nov 5, 2007 -
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Can I download something that allows me to raise the upper limit for CPU speed in my motherboard? Not talking overclocking, just something that allows me to put a 3.4GHz chip in a mobo originally spec'd to only go up to 3.2GHz (might have been 3.0).
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posted by BruceL
on Mar 3, 2006 -
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I'd like to upgrade my 4 year old Dell Dimension 8200 computer, while hopefully getting components that I could use later, should I decide to build a whole new system in a few months. Sadly, I know nearly nothing about computer hardware.
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posted by Elpoca
on Jan 5, 2006 -
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Can I use my G4 iMac (the one that has a round base and a swivelly flat monitor) as a monitor/second hard drive for a new mac mini?
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posted by AgentRocket
on Dec 10, 2005 -
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Can you upgrade your laptop's video card at all? I was curious as I have a 32mb NVidea card on it however I'd love to upgrade it. Is this possible or is there a way to enhance it's performance? (I'm 99.9% the answer is "NO" but I thought I'd ask)
posted by Hands of Manos
on Dec 14, 2004 -
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600MHz G3 iBook / 30GB / 256MB
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1000MHz G4 iBook / 60GB / 512MB
Worth the upgrade? Or do I need to dig deeper into my wallet? I'd like better AVI playback and iMovie performance, as well as the ability to run GarageBand.
posted by scarabic
on Sep 28, 2004 -
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Is it possible to build a new laptop into an existing case? {More Inside}
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posted by Grod
on Mar 18, 2004 -
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I'm about to upgrade my beloved Sony Vaio laptop from Windows Me (blecch) to XP. Will this screw up my previously installed drivers, software, documents, etc? Anything I should know before I start?
posted by Vidiot
on Jan 2, 2004 -
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