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Its very easy. Usually the hdd manufacturer will have software to copy your old drive to your new one. Then you can boot off the new drive.

Now that we know it still hangs after turning off power supply, let go to the second step. Go to bios and turn off "halt on errors". REBOOT... Tell me what happens

is your 4GB samsung a single module or is it 2. It could be that your 2X2GB are running in dual channel mode. Your addition would make 3x2GB. Therefore can no longer run in dual channel mode, thereby disabling the 3rd module. If this is the case, try to relocate your original memory pair...

My understanding is that you have 2 USB cords. First cord is white colored and does not work. Second cord is black and works. I think you just solved your problem. Use the black cord.

Try this: Next time it hangs, just turn off the power supply switch. Wait a few seconds, switch the power supply back on and reboot the machine. Tell me what happens.

Dont worry about formatting them. Just make sure that bios can see them. Then you can begin your OS install. The OS will usually give you the option to format before installation.

If its a replacement for the original then you probably need to check you jumpers. Or maybe you forgot to plug in the power/datacable. if you put in a second hhd, sometimes the system will want make the new drive the main boot drive. So you need to go to bios and tell it to boot from the...

Yes its possible.

Your PSU! It's broken!

Ask your student if he has solar/wind in his home. Depending on how old his solar/wind system, he could have a modifed sine or even worse, a square wave. Most computer will run fine with a modifed sine wave but it depend on the quality of the inverter and also the quality of the PSU. If your...

Youre not breaking into fort knox. That lock is easily defeated. Break the case if you have to.

yeah its a personal taste. Your projector pros a huge screen. but probably not very bright. You mentioned tri screens, if you have 2 videocards, usually each supports 2 for a total of 4 screens. You can have triple monitors+the projector: Quads.

Why dont you use a metal hole saw or just use a jigsaw. Cut a hole at that location so that that CPU backplate has nothing to touch.

Your statement "saving as much money as possible" tells me that you should stick with your IDE. It will run fine for standard users and casual gamers. You didnt say what kind of user you are.

go to your disk management tools. You can then change the drive letter from A: to D: