Can I replace old 98W. hard drive with new drive with more Ram etc. or will I run into problems. PC is old.?

Question

Can I replace old 98W. hard drive with new drive with more Ram etc. or will I run into problems. PC is old.?

Answer 1

That computer is not worth updating... you will run into many problems with upgrading the RAM... you might get away with updating the hard drive.. but i doubt it.. You wont be able to update the RAM. Even the hard drive prolly wont run with your old BIOS settings

recommendation: Go to best buy and buy a brand new computer.

Answer 2

You can upgrade your hard drive, add more RAM (memory) and make a lot of other component changes, but...

...the older computer probably has a motherboard that is not designed to handle the modern parts that make computers run faster and more efficiently.

It makes more sense - since you'd spend pretty close to a few hundred dollars buying parts - to just buy a new PC. At this point, you can get a really good one for a few hundred dollars.

- Stuart

Answer 3

I put more RAM in my 7 year old HPs.

They run great.

why are you doing anything with the hard drive??

try more random access memory first.

Answer 4

It would be cheaper to buy a new computer....no lie because to replace old hardware you either have to get custom items, or find them at swat meets  You can get a dell for 400 bucks, and if you want a good computer mac finances, and so does best buy for their pcs

Answer 5

Howdy

I must agree with everyone else. Buy a NEW ONE...If money is really tight, in about 3 months, if you live in USA you can buy a computer complete with a printer for under $200. If you wait until Black Friday...the day after Thanksgiving..My personal advice if you buy it from Best Buy, do not buy any of their service plans..and put on some of the good FREE protection packages.

If your looking for a laptop..also wait until then. Last year Wal-Mart had a good deal on a Dell laptop in Black Friday. Now one must get outside the stores early to get in line..like about 9:00 PM the night before at Best Buy..If you pick to go to Wal-Mart they are mostly open all night...so you can be indoors and take two people and let one stay in line, while the other does those things you have to do when you spend hours waiting in line..washroom etc...then the other one keeps the spot in the line...Now if you go online and search out BLACK FRIDAY in a search engine..it will pull sites that will tell you before that date...telling you who have what specials, so you know where to go to get the deal you want...Good luck..Everyone needs a computer that is up- to- date these days..

Wally

Answer 6

is better if you install a new motherboard with a faster cpu, do not install w98, there no more updates available fo this OS, so start over, you can used the pc case, or buy a new one, check at tigerdirect.com or compusa.com there really nice cheap cases there.