I have since researched a little.

looks like the new FX is in my future

I am in process of getting parts together and I dont need cpu but then again...I am starting to get the bug again.

what is the difference in the fx cpu vs the Phenom II ? I was just looking to...

Buddy has allowed me to download full legit copy of Acronis 2013. Does anyone know if its upgrade able? Doesn't really mattter. Just curious.

I have Acronis true image on here but it locked up a few times so I downloaded the free Paragon and the Macrium products.

so far the Macrium was able to clone I think on a trial run but I am not...

ok. after some digging I found this and tried it.

I had my boot order set cd/dvd drive and then hd.

according to this Windows 7 is backwards. I changed it from HD first and then cd-rom

and...

I have a good laptop that came with Vista but I dont have the re-install disk so I got a ISO made of Windows 7 after paying for all the files and downloading them and burning them from a vendor.

I...

I forgot to mention it has to be in stock at the store so I can take it with me.

This one is in stock and most say has a great picture

AOC E2243FWK


Has good specs and good ratings on net...

I dont care for them but I got one from there that has a dead pixel and I just got it so its going back and I am getting something else.

the one I got is an Acer..I took a chance on it. should...

since I got the new system this is what i have run. just cause it was free and my Kaspersky ran out.

is this bad or not?

its the time of year to get software cheap for virus protection

its actually a OEM system builder version. I hadnt realized it. I havnt seen the notice for activation either. not sure if I need to mess with it or not.

I had tried a few programs to convert a dvd video disk into mp3 music to play on car player but I forgot which one was the easy one that worked.

it was freee I beleive.

I have Nero 9 but hav...

its a USB drive in an external housing. its blank now.

I was having issues with my computer seeing my usb camera also...now with the new computer I have the same problem with the camera

I decided to buy a newer computer because I thought W7 was having a issue with USB on my old board since it wasnt really W7 ready

well...all my drivers are installed and it works but it doesnt see...

here is the deal. I have w7 and its legit. got it from New Egg. I had it on my old machine which has been completely taken apart and hard drive wiped.

now. my nephew sold me a new machine so i...

got it working now thanks

HAve tried that. but when I remove the xp hd and reboot it still wont boot.

this morning it booted the first time like normal. I didnt have to be in safe mode or anything. but I did have to keep...

thats kind of what i was thinking...cause with the xp drive installed I can get the system running although booting up is a pain and has to be attempted more than once now...so apparently with both...

that didnt work. I got a file path not found

thanks I will try that

I had a older ide drive with XP ...I installed a new hd and installed W7 ..I decided to take out the old drive and just run W7 ...

computer will not work unless I have old drive still in the...

Windows 7

I got the 2 bios files...2 different bios I wanted to run...but they are old and I used to use the windows asrock flash but since the board is so old it has no support...not sure how to get it done...

hmm. well....I have a dual core Opteron 170 so I really dont know if its worth it...every so often I feel like my rig is ancient....

I guess it would benefit my power supply more than anything to...

I dont game on the computer so I am not sure its worth the effort...plus I am so far behind I dont know what is out there on the low end of the spectrum that would be a good upgrade..

I looked at...

I installed the ethernet driver off the package linked above and now its online and working. thanks