Recent content by Deb_55

This is a Dell Studio XPS 8940 the M.2 slot is SATA and there are 2- 2.5” in drive connectors/bays and the single 3.5” bay in use. Since any type of SSD and a clean install is going to transform this hulk, I will probably just go with a 1tb 2.5” drive. I reached out to a local shop in town and...

Thanks for the encouragement, I have done simple things like this in the past and I think I can manage. The price for a 1tb SATA drive is really reasonable.

I really would like to clone my drive, it would be the easiest solution, I have a docking station that can use a 2.5” SSD so I could clone my drive easily. I only hope that my Windows installation isn’t part of the problem. I’m tinkering today to see if I can smooth things out pre swap. I feel...

My PC is an XPS 8940

I hadn’t really thought about a budget, a couple hundred wouldn’t hurt. No brand preference, but I want a quality drive 1tb is probably sufficient. I’d use the old 3.5 drive for storage. I have one M.2 slot, I am not really at all familiar with this type of drive tho. There are 2 SATA ports...

I have a 3 year old Dell XPS system it is basic, 3.5 HDD, video card, 16gb ram. When I set it up I used a migration tool and for Win 10 from my old PC. I have since updated to Win 11. The problem is the PC works like a slug. What I’d like to do is install a SSD as my main drive and start from...

Thanks it plays fine with the modem turned off so I guess that’s my answer!

Is accessing my home NAS from my tablet’s app using my ISP data? My NAS is not setup for use from the internet just inside my home. I have always stored video there and accessed it from my Windows PCs via windows networking. Lately I have been watching on my tablet using an app from Synology...

I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 (2009) AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor when I bought it 8GB of ram was the max I could get, there are 4 slots currently equiped with 2GB(1X2GB)1333MHZ PC3-10600 240-PIN DDR3 NONECC UNBUFFERED SDRAM DIMM I have been monitoring my usage and I am in the high 60%...