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just wondering if there is any software to help me optimize my friends old system

Win98
Celeron533
96meg ram
16meg voodoo3
8gig hd

hes not looking to upgrade any hardware, just get programs to run a little better. no gaming, just a little multi-media and internet use. any help would be appreciated

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That system should be killer for multimedia and internet, probably needs a clean install of the OS on the hard drive.

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do you know how much drive space he should keep free. just so programs can function properly

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Ramidle, free download (www.downloads.com) can help if you manually defrag the ram occasionally.

But don't leave it running in the background as it will use resources that you need - with that celeron.

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