Secondly, I am hoping to do a complete cleansing of the old machine, top to bottom, and get it running smoothly so that I can use it on a daily basis. If you had any pre-existing guides on choosing hard drives, memory cards, etc, as well as performing a clean re install of the operating system I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help, happy holidays.

System Upgrade and Cleaning
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Zook
, Dec 21 2011 11:17 PM
#1
Posted 21 December 2011 - 11:17 PM

Secondly, I am hoping to do a complete cleansing of the old machine, top to bottom, and get it running smoothly so that I can use it on a daily basis. If you had any pre-existing guides on choosing hard drives, memory cards, etc, as well as performing a clean re install of the operating system I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help, happy holidays.
#2
Posted 22 December 2011 - 07:28 AM

There are many good free anti-malware solutions - the key is to use them and keep them, and Windows, updated. Since I migrated my systems to Windows 7, I have been using Window 7 built in Windows Firewall and Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) with no problems. It is important to note the user is always the weakest link and most malware infestation are caused by a lack of discipline - and typically from users who participate in illegal filesharing of tunes and videos via torrents and P2P (peer to peer) sites.
I see no reason to buy a anti-malware program - there are just too many capable free ones out there.
Windows 98 era game may be an issue on any new machine. They may have to say bye-bye to them if they want a modern and secure system. It is better to upgrade the software to current versions too.
As for hard drives and card readers, we cannot answer that until we know what the computer supports. Mostly, if old, it has EIDE (AKA IDE or PATA) drives. And it is has USB ports, it will support just about any reader.
I see no reason to buy a anti-malware program - there are just too many capable free ones out there.
Windows 98 era game may be an issue on any new machine. They may have to say bye-bye to them if they want a modern and secure system. It is better to upgrade the software to current versions too.
As for hard drives and card readers, we cannot answer that until we know what the computer supports. Mostly, if old, it has EIDE (AKA IDE or PATA) drives. And it is has USB ports, it will support just about any reader.
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