First time notebook and Vaio owener

[lawrenceuk]

Hi i'm Michael and two weeks ago I purchased a Vaio VGN-FS415E. The Notebook came with 512mb of ram, although on control pannel > system it appears to be 502mb of ram. I would like to increase my ram, perhaps to 1024. Can sombody please give me adivce and tips on this procedure, stating the best brand, places to buy, price and how I go about installing the new sticks of ram. Any help will be warmly recieved.

Thanks!

[rich912]

Hi Michael and welcome to Club Vaio.

For memory upgrades I suggest that you have a look at Crucial.com – reasonable prices and great support.

For a guide to the procedure have a look
Here.

If you have any problems or further questions then don’t hesitate to ask.

[lawrenceuk]

Thanks rich for that information Rich.

There is one other thing. I think may Viao has two hard drives, (C) and (D). At the moment only (C) is being used. When (C) is full will is begin using (D) or is it a case of me using it as and when I want it ? I hope that does not sound too confusing.

Thanks

[rich912]

Unfortunately there is no auto intelligent system that will automatically start using the D drive once the C drive is full – it requires you to make some changes….

Possibly the easiest way of freeing up space on your C drive is to move the My Documents Folder to the D drive.

To do this right click My Documents, either on your desktop or in Windows Explorer, and select properties. Then on the Target tab click move and select your D drive and a location of D:\My Documents.

There is a possibility that you may need to reinstate the target for some shortcuts after relocating this folder but if you have problems then let us know.

[kee-lo_]

Put your documents, music and pictures on D and leave C for programs and Windows itself

Welcome to the Club Michael

[lawrenceuk]

Thanks for the help guys and for the warm welcome I have recieved!

[rich912]

You're very welcome Michael:smileyhappy:

[kee-lo_]

No problem