Hi
Meepzorp,
Just to recap my thoughts, if I may.
You will need time for your website project. When I think of coin websites I instantly think of Andrew's on
Republican coinage and Doug's on the
Severus legionary series. It's certainly not an easy task. It is a mammoth task, especially if you will be
writing your own HTML. What's more, you
still need to take photographs of all your coins. You will need time, lots of time to
work on it. Therefore it'd be
good to make sure your equipment is
good to go first. It may save you a lot of heartache and frustration.
As was mentioned by others, the best solution is to get a new,
budget PC and a new camera. It will instantly solve your equipment problems. If that really isn't possible due to financial constraints, then you need to resolve the existing PC problems. The thing is, if your PC is indeed 8 years old, then you will potentially have both hardware and
software problems.
There's nothing that can be done about potential hardware problems (hard disk failure, malfunctioning USB ports, motherboard, graphics card failure, power supply unit failure etc) beyond opening up the PC, identifying which
part is faulty, purchasing a replacement and installing it. If a single
part connected to the motherboard dies, the whole PC won't start. It's a big hassle. Of course the hardware may not fail, but if the PC is really 8 years old I'd be really surprised if it lasts much longer.
Besides the hardware problems, your PC's
software needs to be cleaned up, like the storage space. Besides the storage space issues, over the last 8 years of usage the computer's registry is probably clogged. Depending on whether the previous owner is tech savvy, there might even be spyware on the PC which will make browsing the internet annoying. All this can be resolved if you reinstall Windows, but if you don't have the installation disc that is not really possible.
I'm sorry if I sound disheartening. I do
hope you
complete your website and I look forward to reading it. I just feel you need to settle the basics (functioning equipment) before proceeding further.