i have a 30 gig hdd, not sure of speed, i'm thinking something like 3000rpm, but it is getting kind of old, like almost two years now.
it takes WinXP about 35 seconds to get to the desktop from sign in and another 30-35 seconds for all the icons to load. when i click the start menu, it takes about 5 seconds for it to get fully loaded(the icons and whatnot), also programs like mozilla load slow and when i go to my computer and even just opening any files takes a while on this POS hdd.
would it be faster, on my AMD AthlonXP 2400+ w/ 512MB PC2700 RAM, to get a better hdd? i was thinking like 5600rpm, unless the 7200's are not too expensive? what do you think?
it takes WinXP about 35 seconds to get to the desktop from sign in and another 30-35 seconds for all the icons to load. when i click the start menu, it takes about 5 seconds for it to get fully loaded(the icons and whatnot), also programs like mozilla load slow and when i go to my computer and even just opening any files takes a while on this POS hdd.
would it be faster, on my AMD AthlonXP 2400+ w/ 512MB PC2700 RAM, to get a better hdd? i was thinking like 5600rpm, unless the 7200's are not too expensive? what do you think?