RAM help please?

**stompin** · 09-28-2006, 12:51 PM

H folks,

ive just instated anew RAM 640ram on my pc,from 240
there was 2 already in,so i simply replaced 1 of them,

the pc is fine and has picked up its new ram
but i thought the in the C: local disc drive its
only got 18.6 gb over all capacity :/ why has it not went up
. do i have to change the other one, what was already in, to
get that bit up? hope you's can understand, thanks

stompin

**Bryan2** · 09-28-2006, 01:54 PM

The C drive is your hard drive everything is stored on this drive.

Ram is your memory, different peice of hardware...

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-28-2006, 01:57 PM

yes different hardware. if you want the C drive bigger you need to replace your hard drive with a bigger one.

**stompin** · 09-28-2006, 02:28 PM

that explains my question, thanks people. hardrive? what would one of these look like? much would one cost, mine is only 18.4 gb :/ i thought if i upped the RAM it would give some more gb to my C: for some reason lol, cheers for the help

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-28-2006, 02:36 PM

a hard drive looks like a small box. You can buy an 80gig one here in UK for about £30. They will be even cheaper in US.

**zimmy** · 09-28-2006, 03:35 PM

in the us you can buy a 240 gig for a lil under a 100...make sure u spend the lil extra $ and get atleast 7200rpm

**stompin** · 09-28-2006, 04:31 PM

thanks guys will do, sort3d now, cheers

**stompin** · 09-28-2006, 04:34 PM

pardon mypoor pc skills, but would it be easy to install the harddrive?
or do ineed to buy a percific 1? thanks people.!

**dan991** · 09-28-2006, 07:32 PM

Honestly, save yourself the headache, and just take the computer to a professional to do it. They'll probably charge you $20.00 to put the hard drive in. Keep in mind you can't just replace the hard drive. You need to first copy or "ghost" the data on your 18 GB drive to the new larger one.

Go see a pro.

**zimmy** · 09-28-2006, 10:31 PM

eh... what he said... you don't know any friends who can help you? I help all my friends...every one knows atleast 1 computer guy.

**cfiler** · 09-29-2006, 12:40 AM

Installing a hard drive is easy, but with a new hard drive you would need to most likey reinstall everything on your computer. Windows, and any programs you have on it. A computer tech or shop would be able to transfer all the files from your old hard drive over to the new one, but it's not nearly as easy as installing RAM.

Honestly, it costs around $20.00 to have a hard-drive installed, some places will do it for free if you buy the hard drive from them. I'd have it installed by a tech if you were not completely sure that you would be able to transfer all your files over easily.