re: can I install XP on my system (etower633ids)?
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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Posted by Darrell
(3 messages posted)
Thanks to eyeryone for all the help.Steve you're THE MAN? I got it now!
On Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 10:15 am, C K wrote:
>If you have the same amount of installed RAM from the factory (64 meg) then XP will
>have problems running. It will be so slow, you will be waiting more than doing
anything.
> Recommended amount of RAM for XP in this forum is a minimum of 256 and preferably
>512 meg or more to run even acceptibly, and the faster the processor the better.
> Yours is the old Celeron, another potential problem that will slow the system down.
> Your machine can only be increased to 256 meg of RAM but it has the old 66 meg
buss
>speed so finding the old SDRAM (it will be used and may/will be expensive) may be
>almost impossible or more expensive than it will be worth. Overall, XP will not
>work well at all on your machine or at all, depending on whether XP will have the
>drivers, as Emachines will not have them.
>
>None of the system utilities by third parties, burning software, AV (antivirus)
programs
>released for only Win 9X will work. They would all need to be updated versions
that
>support XP but the minimum hardware requirements on them now may be more than what
>your machine has.
>
>If you have an upgrade/full install XP disc, then you will find an upgrade advisor
>that will check your system and software and tell you what issues it finds, or you
>can do it online from MS:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307726
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