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True, but that only means that the swapfile won't be written to... much. The HDD will still need defragging sometimes s installing/uninstalling various progs, DLing whatever, will all cause fragmentation to varying degrees. You don't need to defrag often, I do it maybe three or four times a year. It does help speed things along, especially startups.
I have seen time and time again, friends who don't keep an eye on their systems, they have junk installed and running so the right hand of their taskbar is holding 10 or so icons... they are still running win 98 and have =>never<= updated drivers.
A modern computer's HDD can store more text than you could read in your lifetime. Keep an eye on things, uninstall unnecessary programs, Especially ones that run in the background. You don't need to be an Uber Nerd, just use common sense. I have found that making things as simple as possible leads to the fewest headaches.
I will also swear by using a second HDD as a backup for critical failiures can ocurr.
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my comp suxs
it only has 1.5 ghz of RAM DDr
see it suxs
Gansterz, Are you serious? What CPU and video card do you have? 1.5 GHz is plenty of RAM for just about anything. Unless you're trying to crack a Quantum encrypted code, that is... <img src="http://www.mlanime.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/icon_wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>