Anguel's Techie Blog

Some time ago I noticed a problem with my Windows XP Pro. While browsing MyComputer the folders window freezes / hangs / does not respond anymore. The taskbar also becomes unresponsive. The only thing I can do is to kill the process. Of course this is not a good solution. Fortunately running chkdsk does not report any problems on the drive after that. I found a post on another blog regarding this problem with some possible solutions and I would like to share it: Solutions to Taskbar Hangs or Freezes in Windows XP I have done the first two steps and will watch if this has solved the problem...

Eee PC 901 Hard Drive Size Problems The Asus Eee PC 901 is a very nice netbook featuring two (!) SSD harddrives. I don't know why Asus has chosen this configuration - probably this was cheaper. Unfortunately the SSD "feature" is also its biggest problem. The two SSD drives have 4 GB and 8 GB. And the Windows XP system drive C: is the smaller 4 GB drive which means that you are going to run out of hard drive space as soon as you need to install a bigger application like Microsoft Office 2007 (I have not tested Microsoft Office 2010 ). This will happen although you chose to install the programs on drive D: which is strongly recommended! Backup First! I expect that you are an experienced XP user if you want to proceed here. I know that you sometimes get the recommendation to backup although this is not really required but in this case I strongly recommend to do a backup ( Acronis True Image , Norton Ghost , etc.) because you will run out of disk space during the Off...