Question: I recently purchased a used laptop computer; an AST 810 NC with a 340 Mb hard drive and 12 Mb of RAM. The computer only has a floppy drive, and therein lies the problem. Most software now comes on CD. I do have a PC at home with an internal quad-speed CD drive. Is […]
Question: I am trying desperately to find more hard drive space. I’ve already replaced my hard drive once and the computer is getting too old (it’s a 486SX) to warrant spending any more money on it. In my search for anything to erase, I’ve noticed some unusual files in my DOS directory (I’m running Windows […]
Question: What motherboard is best when upgrading? I have often heard that a computer is only as good as its worst component. What do I look for? – Frank Answer: The secret of motherboards lies in a little curbside culinary wisdom I once got from my father on a trip to the Maritimes. We had […]
Question: I want to move installed and zipped files around among three computers. Until now I never have really needed to exchange files, but I would like to move some of my programs from my NEC P-60 to my new Aptiva and my ThinkPad laptop. I’m trying to find a cheap convenient method of moving […]
Question: In our local area network, one of the machines is no longer connected to the network which means that printouts can no longer be done from that machine. The reason for this disconnection is that Windows 95 was reinstalled in that machine without making a connection to the network. The question is, how do […]