My wife inherited my 2001 Dimension XPS. Its a P3 with 256K and a 7200 RPM
20 GB with XP Home installed. (config attached) Had not used it in some
time and ....

It is slower the mollasses!

I thought it was slow HD as it seems to spend of lot of time accessing the
drive. So I bought a 7200 RPM drive but now see it had one of that RPM
already and did not install the new drive. I thought 256M of memory was
adequate.

Is there a way to help speed up the thing?

YOU think the new 120MB 7200 RPM drive I got will be a lot faster then the
20G 7200 RPM drive thats in it now?

Any tips appreciated.
1 0441T PROCESSOR MODULE, 80526, 600, 256K, 100FSB, SLT1
1 27HRF CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), W/O-AUD, TXXXr, COPPERMINE
1 1968D KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TXXX, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 5120P CORD, POWER, 125V, 6FT, SPT2, UNSHIELDED
1 2964E KIT, MOUSE, DRIVER, LOGITECH, V8.02A, MULTIPLE
1 3362D MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 6P, 3 BUTTON, WHEEL, LOGITECH
1 2317Y PAD, MOUSE, DIMENSION, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 3340D KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, NMB, RUBBERDOME
1 25515 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 128, 100M, 16X64, 4K, 168
1 6278C KIT, SPEAKER, MULTI-MEDIA, HARMAN KARDON, 120V/60H
1 0827T KIT, MODEM, 3COM, CONTROLLER, DIMENSION
1 46XVP MODEM, V.90, INTERNAL, CONTROLLER, DATA/FAX/VOICE, UNITED STATES
1 5740C CABLE, AUXILIARY, INTERNAL, MODEM, 4C
1 3785U DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 680M, 8X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HITACHI,
RPC2
1 98483 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, ENHANCED
INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS, DUAL, KLINGER
1 57589 CABLE, AUDIO, MOLEX TO MOLEX
1 9455U CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, CRTV-4780
1 9830U CARD (CIRCUIT), VIDEO, 32M, NV10, 4X AGP
1 8376T DISPLAY, MULTISCAN, COLOR, 19, DUAL, P991, DA0-GSA
My wife inherited by old Dell Dimension XPS


1 1971U HARD DRIVE, 20.4GB, I, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 1IN, NO CONTROLLER/NO
CABLES, 7200, QUANTUM
1 5828D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ATA66, 2DROP, KLINGER
1 2153R TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 10/20G, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO
CONTROLLER/WITH CABLES, I, SEAGATE
1 6860E FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 3MD, NO BEZEL, TEAC
1 98480 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, FLOPPY DRIVE, KLINGER
1 1947U KIT, SOFTWARE, MSENC-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 7418T KIT, SOFTWARE, OFFICE SBE 2000, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., UNITED
STATES, REVB
1 66FRH KIT, SOFTWARE, NAV-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.,
ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 8100P KIT, SOFTWARE, AMERICA ON LINE, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, CDW/OD, UNITED
STATES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
1 8801T KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, WINDOWS 98, OSR1, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 15278 CABLE, RIB, 26C, 28G, 7STRD, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
1 7998D CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, QUADRANT,
DECODER, PC INTERFACE, R1
1 8482D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, MALE OVER MALE, 2C, 24G, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE,
11"

jtsnow wrote:
> My wife inherited my 2001 Dimension XPS. Its a P3 with 256K and a 7200 RPM
> 20 GB with XP Home installed. (config attached) Had not used it in some
> time and ....
>
> It is slower the mollasses!
>
> I thought it was slow HD as it seems to spend of lot of time accessing the
> drive. So I bought a 7200 RPM drive but now see it had one of that RPM
> already and did not install the new drive. I thought 256M of memory was
> adequate.
>
> Is there a way to help speed up the thing?
>
> YOU think the new 120MB 7200 RPM drive I got will be a lot faster then the
> 20G 7200 RPM drive thats in it now?

What applications and processes are running on the machine? Are you
familiar with Windows task Manager? Use it to determine what's running,
then use MSCONFIG to stop unneeded apps from starting. The high disk
activity might be Windows swapping programs in and out of memory.

jtsnow wrote:
> My wife inherited my 2001 Dimension XPS. Its a P3 with 256K and a 7200 RPM
> 20 GB with XP Home installed. (config attached) Had not used it in some
> time and ....
>
> It is slower the mollasses!
>
> I thought it was slow HD as it seems to spend of lot of time accessing the
> drive. So I bought a 7200 RPM drive but now see it had one of that RPM
> already and did not install the new drive. I thought 256M of memory was
> adequate.
>
> Is there a way to help speed up the thing?
>
> YOU think the new 120MB 7200 RPM drive I got will be a lot faster then the
> 20G 7200 RPM drive thats in it now?

What applications and processes are running on the machine? Are you
familiar with Windows task Manager? Use it to determine what's running,
then use MSCONFIG to stop unneeded apps from starting. The high disk
activity might be Windows swapping programs in and out of memory.

256 MB Ram is way too little.

jtsnow wrote:
>
> My wife inherited my 2001 Dimension XPS. Its a P3 with 256K and a 7200 RPM
> 20 GB with XP Home installed. (config attached) Had not used it in some
> time and ....
>
> It is slower the mollasses!
>
> I thought it was slow HD as it seems to spend of lot of time accessing the
> drive. So I bought a 7200 RPM drive but now see it had one of that RPM
> already and did not install the new drive. I thought 256M of memory was
> adequate.
>
> Is there a way to help speed up the thing?
>
> YOU think the new 120MB 7200 RPM drive I got will be a lot faster then the
> 20G 7200 RPM drive thats in it now?
>
> Any tips appreciated.
> 1 0441T PROCESSOR MODULE, 80526, 600, 256K, 100FSB, SLT1
> 1 27HRF CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), W/O-AUD, TXXXr, COPPERMINE
> 1 1968D KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TXXX, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 5120P CORD, POWER, 125V, 6FT, SPT2, UNSHIELDED
> 1 2964E KIT, MOUSE, DRIVER, LOGITECH, V8.02A, MULTIPLE
> 1 3362D MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 6P, 3 BUTTON, WHEEL, LOGITECH
> 1 2317Y PAD, MOUSE, DIMENSION, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
> 1 3340D KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, NMB, RUBBERDOME
> 1 25515 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 128, 100M, 16X64, 4K, 168
> 1 6278C KIT, SPEAKER, MULTI-MEDIA, HARMAN KARDON, 120V/60H
> 1 0827T KIT, MODEM, 3COM, CONTROLLER, DIMENSION
> 1 46XVP MODEM, V.90, INTERNAL, CONTROLLER, DATA/FAX/VOICE, UNITED STATES
> 1 5740C CABLE, AUXILIARY, INTERNAL, MODEM, 4C
> 1 3785U DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 680M, 8X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HITACHI,
> RPC2
> 1 98483 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, ENHANCED
> INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS, DUAL, KLINGER
> 1 57589 CABLE, AUDIO, MOLEX TO MOLEX
> 1 9455U CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, CRTV-4780
> 1 9830U CARD (CIRCUIT), VIDEO, 32M, NV10, 4X AGP
> 1 8376T DISPLAY, MULTISCAN, COLOR, 19, DUAL, P991, DA0-GSA
> My wife inherited by old Dell Dimension XPS
>
> 1 1971U HARD DRIVE, 20.4GB, I, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 1IN, NO CONTROLLER/NO
> CABLES, 7200, QUANTUM
> 1 5828D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ATA66, 2DROP, KLINGER
> 1 2153R TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 10/20G, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO
> CONTROLLER/WITH CABLES, I, SEAGATE
> 1 6860E FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 3MD, NO BEZEL, TEAC
> 1 98480 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, FLOPPY DRIVE, KLINGER
> 1 1947U KIT, SOFTWARE, MSENC-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
> MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 7418T KIT, SOFTWARE, OFFICE SBE 2000, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., UNITED
> STATES, REVB
> 1 66FRH KIT, SOFTWARE, NAV-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.,
> ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 8100P KIT, SOFTWARE, AMERICA ON LINE, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, CDW/OD, UNITED
> STATES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
> 1 8801T KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, WINDOWS 98, OSR1, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 15278 CABLE, RIB, 26C, 28G, 7STRD, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
> 1 7998D CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, QUADRANT,
> DECODER, PC INTERFACE, R1
> 1 8482D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, MALE OVER MALE, 2C, 24G, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE,
> 11"

256 MB Ram is way too little.

jtsnow wrote:
>
> My wife inherited my 2001 Dimension XPS. Its a P3 with 256K and a 7200 RPM
> 20 GB with XP Home installed. (config attached) Had not used it in some
> time and ....
>
> It is slower the mollasses!
>
> I thought it was slow HD as it seems to spend of lot of time accessing the
> drive. So I bought a 7200 RPM drive but now see it had one of that RPM
> already and did not install the new drive. I thought 256M of memory was
> adequate.
>
> Is there a way to help speed up the thing?
>
> YOU think the new 120MB 7200 RPM drive I got will be a lot faster then the
> 20G 7200 RPM drive thats in it now?
>
> Any tips appreciated.
> 1 0441T PROCESSOR MODULE, 80526, 600, 256K, 100FSB, SLT1
> 1 27HRF CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), W/O-AUD, TXXXr, COPPERMINE
> 1 1968D KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TXXX, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 5120P CORD, POWER, 125V, 6FT, SPT2, UNSHIELDED
> 1 2964E KIT, MOUSE, DRIVER, LOGITECH, V8.02A, MULTIPLE
> 1 3362D MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 6P, 3 BUTTON, WHEEL, LOGITECH
> 1 2317Y PAD, MOUSE, DIMENSION, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
> 1 3340D KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, NMB, RUBBERDOME
> 1 25515 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 128, 100M, 16X64, 4K, 168
> 1 6278C KIT, SPEAKER, MULTI-MEDIA, HARMAN KARDON, 120V/60H
> 1 0827T KIT, MODEM, 3COM, CONTROLLER, DIMENSION
> 1 46XVP MODEM, V.90, INTERNAL, CONTROLLER, DATA/FAX/VOICE, UNITED STATES
> 1 5740C CABLE, AUXILIARY, INTERNAL, MODEM, 4C
> 1 3785U DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 680M, 8X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HITACHI,
> RPC2
> 1 98483 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, ENHANCED
> INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS, DUAL, KLINGER
> 1 57589 CABLE, AUDIO, MOLEX TO MOLEX
> 1 9455U CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, CRTV-4780
> 1 9830U CARD (CIRCUIT), VIDEO, 32M, NV10, 4X AGP
> 1 8376T DISPLAY, MULTISCAN, COLOR, 19, DUAL, P991, DA0-GSA
> My wife inherited by old Dell Dimension XPS
>
> 1 1971U HARD DRIVE, 20.4GB, I, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 1IN, NO CONTROLLER/NO
> CABLES, 7200, QUANTUM
> 1 5828D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ATA66, 2DROP, KLINGER
> 1 2153R TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 10/20G, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO
> CONTROLLER/WITH CABLES, I, SEAGATE
> 1 6860E FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 3MD, NO BEZEL, TEAC
> 1 98480 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, FLOPPY DRIVE, KLINGER
> 1 1947U KIT, SOFTWARE, MSENC-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
> MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 7418T KIT, SOFTWARE, OFFICE SBE 2000, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., UNITED
> STATES, REVB
> 1 66FRH KIT, SOFTWARE, NAV-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.,
> ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 8100P KIT, SOFTWARE, AMERICA ON LINE, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, CDW/OD, UNITED
> STATES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
> 1 8801T KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, WINDOWS 98, OSR1, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
> 1 15278 CABLE, RIB, 26C, 28G, 7STRD, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
> 1 7998D CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, QUADRANT,
> DECODER, PC INTERFACE, R1
> 1 8482D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, MALE OVER MALE, 2C, 24G, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE,
> 11"