<ul>
<li>Your new ram matches the speed of your original ram, right?</li>
<li>A 30 G hard drive is probably running at 4200RPM which is slow. You may want to consider upgrading to a more typical 5400 RPM unit. See the following article: <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2603%5B/url%5D">http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2603</a></li>
<li>file copying is more a function of hard drive speed than memory amount (presuming that you have 512 to begin with...).</li>
<li>Be sure to de-frag your hard drive for optimum performance.</li>
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<p>Good luck!</p>