run 2Kpro on pent2 computer

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I have a pent2 overclocked @400mhz with 556 megs of ram.. it runs just one
program for a vinyl cutter and the newest version requires win2k... can i
successfully load/run 2k pro on this older computer/processor.
Any suggestion how to accomplish this will be appreciated

don ward
 
Don Ward said:
I have a pent2 overclocked @400mhz with 556 megs of ram.. it runs just one
program for a vinyl cutter and the newest version requires win2k... can i
successfully load/run 2k pro on this older computer/processor.
Any suggestion how to accomplish this will be appreciated

don ward
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I tried to put Win2K on a Compaq 300mhz P2 but Win2K didn't like the BIOS so
I didn't continue. Then successfully put it on a 450mhz P3(Abit). M$ has a
Win2K hardware compatability list, you might try looking at. Win2K can be
setup to dualboot with older O/Ss from a seperate partition. If you already
have seperate partitions that makes it fairly painless to try.
 
Don said:
I have a pent2 overclocked @400mhz with 556 megs of ram.. it runs
just one program for a vinyl cutter and the newest version requires
win2k... can i successfully load/run 2k pro on this older
computer/processor.
Any suggestion how to accomplish this will be appreciated
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If you already have Windows 95 or 98 installed, you can create another
partition if one does not already exist. Install Windows 2000 to this
partition. A third party utility like Partition Magic may be required to
resize you existing partition(s). **Back up your data first**
 
I have a pent2 overclocked @400mhz with 556 megs of ram.. it runs just one
program for a vinyl cutter and the newest version requires win2k... can i
successfully load/run 2k pro on this older computer/processor.
Any suggestion how to accomplish this will be appreciated

don ward
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I have W2K running fine on PII 350 and PII400s.

Out of interest which vinyl cutting package are you using ? I have the
latest Graphix advantage running fine on W98 IBM Laptop with a 333 CPU and
128MB Ram. For the vinyl cutting this Laptop (nothing else loaded at all)
has run beautifully for months with not one crash.

Hope this helps
 
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