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08-15-2004, 10:53 AM
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Installing XP
Hi folks first post on here hope someone can help...
Currently attempting to reinstall xp on a friends machine setup started ok it got to installing windows then frezzes, has been sitting at 39 minutes left for 2 hours! tryed restarting and installing win 98 but just goes to same screen again, and does nowt. please help Thanx in advance GTW |
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08-15-2004, 11:01 AM
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Hello and welcome to PC Mech.
What kind of RAM does the PC have ? Windows XP is very picky with RAM, so I think it's RAM related. You can use Memtest86 to check the RAM. RJ
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08-15-2004, 11:11 AM
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Checked the RAM, its got 128mb thought would would be ok.
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08-15-2004, 11:30 AM
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You checked the RAM. . in 10 minutes ? As far as I remember a RAM check takes longer than that. . . so you ran memtest and it doesn't give you any errors ?
What brand is the RAM anyway ? RJ Last edited by RJ; 08-15-2004 at 11:53 AM. |
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08-15-2004, 11:55 AM
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Folding For PCMech
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You're trying to install XP on a system with 128MB of RAM? The very least I would run XP on is 256. The performance isn't going to be very good with that amount of RAM.
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08-15-2004, 12:01 PM
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I ran XP with 128 of ram and a 800mhz Duron, it took about 2:30 to boot fully, although I could have disabled more programs I was only running 26 processes, added 256 (soon to be 512mb) and a Athlon XP 2500+, it now takes just over 40 seconds to boot. My advice: windows XP should not allowed to be ran on that little ram, it is very slow.
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08-15-2004, 12:34 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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What kind of computer is this? A home built or a store bought name brand PC?
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08-15-2004, 04:18 PM
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Thanx for all the help troops, managed to get it loaded aventually, is running fairly slow so a guess a RAM upgrade is required.
cheers GTW |
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