A friend installed some memory on my hard drive a few months ago. How
do I find the exact date when it was installed?

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Request for Question Clarification by mvguy-ga on 18 Sep 2002 16:16 PDT

Could you please explain what you mean by "installed some memory on my
hard drive"?  Normally, the amount of "memory" (not really the best
word to use) on a hard drive is fixed and normally can't be expanded
without reformatting the drive.  Is that what you mean?  Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 18 Sep 2002 18:03 PDT

May be your friend added memory to your CPU in your motherboard.
Please clarify.

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Request for Question Clarification by alienintelligence-ga on 19 Sep 2002 03:11 PDT

Hi nosan

There might be ways to tell when it was
added by files present or logfiles.

What operating system is on the computer?

-AI

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Clarification of Question by nosan-ga on 19 Sep 2002 06:33 PDT

o/s=Windows 2000 ver.5
By memory I meant add'l RAM that you simply stick in (no major installation)

I think you may be referring to your tower, not your "hard drive".

Your hard drive, like memory is just one of the parts installed into
your computer.

I dont believe any home-user OS likely to the one you are using keeps
track of such hardware changes, so i dont believe you will find this
information logged on your machine.

Your best bet would be to call upon the friend who installed it and
see if he remembers, otherwise maybe you have a store receipt or a
credit card statement that shows the day you purchased it, which i
suppose could give you a relative time period.

IF he added an another ahrd drive usually there is a manufactureing
date on it .. or IF he added a stick of memory . there is usually a
date sticker on it also .. whioch should help u in obtaining any
warranty

Try to investigate system log in
[Start]->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Event Viewer