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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by Uvah | Discussion: Personal Computing
Been awhile but I finally got me a nother laptop. HP Compac 8510w. Intel Centrino dual core 17500 @ 2.2 gHz, 2 gigs ram, 150 gig HD, 1920 x 1200 resolution screen, nVidia control panel. Ccleaner...MalwareBytes...MSE and everything is up to date. Sweet machine for $180.00 US refurbished. Win 7 Enterprise Edition. I don't know what that is, 64 bit. Gonna get back into stuff just as soon as I get it set up. Question...will my 320 gig HD from the other HP be compatible with this one. Can I swap it out?
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Reply #2 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:11 PM
Welcome back Uvah! I just got back online too, finally got my net hooked up in the new place. 
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:13 PM
Do yourself a favor and get rid of MSE. MSE has a bad habit of slow detection.
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:22 PM
There is a way I am sure to connect your old HDD externally using a SATA cable if your new laptop has an external SATA connection. That way you could just copy what you want off the old to the new without any hassles.
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:24 PM
Okay. Another thing. How do I increase the size of the text in FF 6.02. Its really small and hard to see.
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:26 PM
I've read reviews from many reputable sources that state MSE has a slow detection engine. I got rid of MSE because the auto updates can't be turned off and I don't like anything updating on it's own. Use Avast or AVG. Both get better marks.
Reply #10 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:30 PM
On the old one it was only 27% full. With this one that might go to what...maybe thirty thirty five?
Reply #11 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:44 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:00 PM
He does not need an enclosure. Just a special cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156014
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:28 PM
Hold Ctrl and scroll mouse wheel to increase the page size. I have tried screwing with the text size in FF and often end up with it crowded and running over.
Reply #15 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:30 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156014
That has already been mentioned, I am pointing out other options for consideration. An enclosure is good as then the drive can be used as an external drive.
Reply #16 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:41 PM
I got rid of Avast because it says my widgets and gadgets contain malware and it puts them in the vault.
AVG is a resource hog.
MSE has been working fine here since it was released.
Just my own experience. 
Reply #17 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:42 PM
I also use Panda Cloud Antivirus on my Vista rig. Seems to do fine. 
Reply #20 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:33 PM
I thought it was quiet around here ...
Good to have you back, Uvah
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:05 PM
When you swap HDD's, your OS will change. You realize that, right?
To check compatibility, go to the hp website and look it up.... you will also need new drivers for a different chipset, mobo, card, etc.
So 'just swapping' might well not work.