Well i looked up it's specs.. it says it runs on a 900MHz AMD processor, and it has like 128MB or 256MB ram.. that's kinda low configuration.. but i don't think it should be as slow as you said, could you tell us about the operating system and anti virus and other things that you use on the computer? Thanks
~Coalwater~ On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Andrew B <[email protected]>wrote: > I got a Compaq Presario 700 laptop really cheap as an internet surfer > I could carry around and not worry too much about it getting stolen or > damaged. It has a couple problems. > > First, I know it's not going to be as fast as my dual core desktop, > but how slow is normal? It'll take 2-3 minutes to load an image. > Sometimes it'll take nearly 5 minutes to change folders. It can make > me wait around 10 minutes to move a small file. > > Second, I don't think the CD/DVD drive works. It spins up quickly, I > guess to max drive speed because I can really hear the motor going. > But then it decides there isn't a disc in there. I tried to burn a CD > with some music that was on it and it recognised a disc, but it said > it wasn't formatted correctly and I should format the disc. I did and > then it no longer recognised the disc. I got the QuickRestore discs > that came with it as well, and I was going to use them to start fresh, > but since the drive won't read them, I can't. Could it be a driver > issue that I can fix to use the QuickRestore or am I going to have to > do something else? It doesn't have USB 2.0 so I'm not sure how well an > external CD drive would work. > > Thanks in advance for any answers! > --Andrew > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Computer Tech Support" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
