Quote Originally Posted by ShortStack View Post
I think you just saved me hundreds of dollars Thanks! I'll probably just look into getting an external drive and I may not even upgrade my OS. I'm plenty happy with how XP works, just not how slow my lappy has been lately. I do have literally thousands of pictures- I think one of my editing programs last counted them at like 5000 or something crazy like that. Not to mention 4 years worth of homework, powerpoints, research papers, and whatever else I've done for school.
Download and install ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com

That will help clean off garbage off the hard drive. Also go through and uninstall programs you dont use. If your machine is below 1gb RAM take it to someone and upgrade that. The ram shouldnt cost more than 20-50. You could even install it yourself if needed. And that will help with other things loading smoother.