Keep the responses flowing - studying them all.
Does having 2 internal + 2 external HDs cause the computer any problems in speed or other wise? Does photo Shop really need 2 640g HDs? Wow.
It is depressing the Nvidia doesn't work right out of the box with usb. Do other brands? Can the Nvidia fix be down loaded on different computer then transferred to "Nvidia" computer. Never want to hook "darkroom" computer to the internet.
Undecided about new vs fixing old computer. Old computer is 5+ years old. HD may fix it, may not. Even if it works again, it is painfully slow doing raw conversions etc. Reasons to fix would be less money, like XP, have some programs and equipment that may not work with W7. Just got a Konica-Minolta film scanner this week. Sure there aren't drivers for W7! Could still use it on internet XP computer.
The computer I bought for "darkroom" got turned into a music server for the stereo. After almost a year, the AMD quad core HP has been optimized to sound really sweet. It finally gives the cd rig a run for its money in sound quality. Not even sure I could change it back. There were pages of optimizations pertaining to power, Windows kernel mixing, etc. It became the music computer because I hated using Vista for pictures. Hear W7 is much better.
Its snowing here. That means more photos. Have to do something quick before the memory cards fill up
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thanks
barondla