So here’s how the story goes:
One day I decide to buy some more ram (512mb) to boost my system capabilities. And so I did - 512 ram PCI 3200, 400mhz @ $72 NZD with warranty etc, then I install it onto my computer and see no performance change. So I swapped it with my 333mhz 512 ram which was in slot 1 suggestign that it may boost performance (as they say put the larger or faster ram in slot 1). Yeah and I restarted my computer and it CRASH o.o - I then changed the ram back then booted - had like that disk error checking and said that some system file was corrupt - well it fixed that then everything worked fine. But then everything seemed to go down the cliff - first windows started up without detecting my graphics card (by teh way my heart rate was at about 150 bpm) then my Counter-strike files became unplayable and then today my explorer.exe kept crashing every time I opened a notepad file (although its okay now) - So yeah oh yeah my start up time also slightly increased. So therefore I am contemplating reformatting - I have backed everything up and everything is good to go - all I need to do is wait for Hugo to come back from Japan to supply me with his Windows XP with corporate edition cd key…