Windows XP Upgrading to XP

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minniemoo

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Hi, I want to replace my old version of Windows ME to an OEM version of XP Home but being a bit of a novice need a bit of help and I'm hoping someone out there can advise me.

What are minimum system requirements for XP (my old clunker is 128mb SDRAM, Athlon 800 processor, 20gb HHD)?

Do I have to remove ME before I can install XP?

I understand that there is no MS support if I buy an OEM version of XP but can I still get updates?

All help will be gratefully received.

Thanks....Minniemoo
 
It may well run on that machine, but it will be very slow.

Free lifetime updates come with everything.

you can keep ME on the PC on a seperate partition, but i would reccomend wiping the HDD, and just having XP on there

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It will run OK on that system. Best improvement you can make to speed it up is another stick of 128Mb RAM.

I'd strongly recommend getting rid of ME. Did I say strongly recommend? Why yes I did ;)

When installing XP, you'll be given the option to format the whole drive, thus getting rid of ME, so no need to worry about formatting and stuff.

I'd recommend choosing NTFS file system over FAT 32 when you're given the choice.

Yes, you will be able to get the XP updates. Most all support you need can be found on the MS site.

Good luck :)
 
floppybootstomp said:
I'd recommend choosing NTFS file system over FAT 32 when you're given the choice.

Good luck :)
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Flops can i as what the difference is please m8 ?!

Thanx
 
B:

Put simply, NTFS is the newer of the file formats from MS and is more efficient. NTFS was introduced with Win 2K, Win 98 uses FAT 32.

Only down side is a broken Windows installation is harder to repair with a NTFS file system than one with FAT 32.

And when you ask can you? I'm assuming you mean you have an XP installation that is formatted FAT 32 and you want to change to NTFS?

If that is so, only way you can do that is a fresh installation which would mean a format and losing everything on your current setup.

If you are running FAT 32 and all is good, don't worry about it, the difference in everyday use terms is negligible and hardly noticeable.
 
christopherpostill said:
800MHz will be painfully slow. We had an 800MHz PC with XP at school... it was useless!
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Must confess I'm not sure about this one.

Slowest system I've installed XP on is 1.2Ghz Athlon, that ran really well, but I honestly don't know about 800Mhz, have never tried that.

Hell, last 800Mhz chip I had was five years ago overclocked to 1.1Ghz, a Duron, it ran real good :)

(the chip, that is, I was running Win 98 then)

I will say that Win XP likes a lot of RAM, 256Mb minimum, 512Mb good, 1Gig ideal. Chris, how much RAM did that school system have?
 
christopherpostill said:
800MHz will be painfully slow. We had an 800MHz PC with XP at school... it was useless!
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Maybe, maybe not ... XP loves loads of RAM and personally I would not use it on anything less than 256 RAM and at least a 1Ghz CPU.

I've never had a problem with any PCs that I had installed ME too (and I have done many) ... I've had problem with people that use ME ... ME can be made to behave, if you treat it right.

minniemoo, consider saving your money for a better system ... Flopps has a pretty good one for sale that would suite you nicely, and at a very good price.
 
Not sure Flops - probably 256Mb... It was literally unusable. All the other PC's were 1.2 Durons with 256Mb RAM and they ran OK...
 
I've used XP on a 400mhz Pentium II with 256mb ram and it ran ok even surfed the net on a broadband connection with no problems...:)

Chris your school machine was probably full of adware and other rubbish, thats why it didn't run properly, students stick all types of junk on school machines.
 
It was impossible to stick junk on those machines - you couldnt download anything and the files were on the server, not the hard drive
 
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