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SF

Hi

My PC (2GHz, 256MB RAM) took 62 minutes to copy a 25GB backup file from a
network shared drive to a local hard disk. Is it the normal speed of XP? I
have 2 Servers, 1 DC and 2 file server, Trend Micro Office Scan server, SQL
Server and Exchange.

SF
 
XP itself has little to do with the speed of copying a file. Depending
on the hardware and what else you have running at the same time, 62
minutes could be very normal.
 
SF

Your RAM is minimal!

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Gerry said:
SF

Your RAM is minimal!
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And yet, if you look at System Specs for XP on the MS website, it STILL says
you can run XP on 128MB!!!!!!
Do they NEVER update these things?
 
And yet, if you look at System Specs for XP on the MS website, it STILL says
you can run XP on 128MB!!!!!!
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Indeed you can. You can even run it on 64MB (the official minimum). Do
not mix up a statement of the official minimum (what you need to run
it at all) with a recommended configuration (what you need to run it
with acceptable performance).
 
Ken Blake said:
Indeed you can. You can even run it on 64MB
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And have you TRIED running it on 64MB?
yes, it is theoretically feasible to run on 64 MB in a laboratory with
minimum services and no apps, but in the real world people want to be able
to use their machines with some sort of slickness.
not mix up a statement of the official minimum (what you need to run
it at all) with a recommended configuration (what you need to run it
with acceptable performance).
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And my point is that unless you want a machine running like very thick
treacle, no-one in their right minds would ever attempt to run XP with such
tiny amounts of RAM, so WHY do MS not update their System requirements for
XP?
 
And have you TRIED running it on 64MB?
yes, it is theoretically feasible to run on 64 MB in a laboratory with
minimum services and no apps, but in the real world people want to be able
to use their machines with some sort of slickness.
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Absolutely. I certainly didn't suggest that anyone run it on 64MB.
Again, you are mixing up the official minimum with a recommended
configuration.
 
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