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Hi there,
The NC10 is here and is so beautiful woohoo!!! Have a couple of questions, excuse in advance for the simplicty of them, I am a novice with computers.
Once you registered with Windows and install the Samsung thing whatever it was, what is best to do next?
I do want to get 2GB so is it best to install that first and then do the rest of whaterver is best 🙂 ??
Thanks
The first thing I would do is remove the McAfee anti-virus trial which comes with the NC10 and install another anti-virus program.
There are some instructions for removing McAfee on the first post of this thread:-
How to tweak your NC10, faster boot up, faster shut down, longer battery lifeI would install the RAM once you are certain everything is working correctly.
Welcome Mymy
First, I would recommend that you boot up and check your NC10 is working properly before you update the RAM. Also, make sure you keep the Samsung supplied RAM – if you subsequently have a problem with your NC10, Samsung customer services will ask you to reinstall the original memory chip. Jez has written an excellent guide to installing the 2 GB RAM chip.
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May I suggest you try a really useful, free tool CCleaner. “CCleaner (originally CrapCleaner) s a freeware system optimisation, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! “I also use DriverMax. “DriverMax allows you to download the latest driver updates for your computer. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Just create a free account, log in, and start downloading the updates that you need. You can also export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok) to a folder or a compressed file. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place!
I also use OpenOffice 3.0, Firefox, and Thunderbird on my NC10. I use Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc.on my other computers and have no problems transferring documents from any of these to my Sammy and vice versa.
Just one more tip. The NC10’s screen is a bit short of vertical space to display web pages. If you use Firefox as your browser:
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You can maximise the screen display by using with
Ken Barbalace’s Classic Compact theme.
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If you then right click on the menu bar at the top of the browser and untick ‘Bookmarks Toolbar’ you will add a bit more vertical space.
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You can save even more vertical space by using small icons. This is achieved by right mouse clicking on menu bar and select “customize” or go to “View”: “Toolbars”: “Customize” then check the “use small icons” option.
Sorry I’ve gone on a bit, but all the above has worked well for me. I hope this helps you too 🙂
Thank you Alfehar and TCMuffin! Going to desinstall Mcfee now.
do you have recommendations on the make of the RAM to get and where is best to get online?
I also wonder about the information stored on the RAM. If I have to return the book to Samsung and replace with the 1GB, would I need to transfer the data on 2GB somewhere?
The RAM in your computer is only used for storing temporary data, every time you switch off the machine it is cleared. The only data you need to be worried about backing up on the NC10 is that which is stored on the hard drive.
I tend to buy my RAM from Crucial (Micron) though as long as you purchase the right type for the NC10 it shouldn’t matter much what make you choose.
For what it’s worth – I buy my RAM from Crucial as well…..and I do a lot of RAM upgrades 😉
crucial had had a lot of rebate deals recently and I picked up 2 x 2gb sticks for $15 after rebate. Slick as deal.
Just finished reading through the link how to tweack NC10 etc, phew! Did something like 70% of it.
Don’t get the partition thing and defrag, sound too scary for a beginner. I will add spybot.
Thanks for recommending Crucial guys, looks good and free shipping!! Not the US price but £20 sounds retty good.
OK I will only worry about hard drive (the C one is that it?) 🙂
[quote1234302286=Mymy]OK I will only worry about hard drive (the C one is that it?) :)[/quote1234302286]
Pretty much.The hard drive itself on a standard NC10 install is split into 3 different partitions. Of which you only need to worry about backing up files you have placed on the C or D partitions, which you want to keep safe.
If you don’t have a D partition just ignore this.
The Samsung Recovery Partition is hidden under normal use, although you will see it if you use partitioning tools, so as Alfihar says, you only have to worry about the C: drive.
However, you may still wish to think about partitioning your hard drive. A typical distribution across partitions is as follows:
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Install the OS and other applications (e.g. Office) to one drive, usually the boot (i.e. the C:) drive
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Save data, e.g. documents, photos, music, etc. to a separate partition (i.e. your D: drive)
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Viruses usually attack the partition containing your OS leaving your data safely tucked away
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Keeping your data on a separate drive makes backing it up simpler – you can just copy the whole drive to an external USB drive (for example)
for firefox, i use the fission plug-in which means i can get rid of the status bar. and also the hide menu plug-in auto hides the menu bar. so just the one toolbar at the top and then the internet tabs.
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Thanks ladies. Have ordered the RAM and found the D drive so will save docs there.Woof woof!
[/quote1234379699]Woof woof ?! looks like Mymy will fit in well on this forum… barking is a requirement 🙂
well done for getting through 70% of the list.. i wimped out on a lot – but this site has so much information..
I don’t know if i did the right thing, if there is such a thing, but i carried on using the C drive for all my stuff and backed up to the D drive – was this stupid or really stupid ?
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