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10-13-2004, 04:58 PM
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160MB RAM good for win2k?
I have a Compaq Armada 1700 with a 266mhz p2 CPU, 5GB HD, 24x cdrom, built in Compaq 56k VL modem. Right now it has 96MB RAM. I am using win98se but would like to use win2k. Will the max RAM of 160MB for this laptop work with win2k? Will I run into HD space problems with win2k with only 5GB's of space? Thanks.
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10-13-2004, 05:02 PM
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10-13-2004, 05:12 PM
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160 MB of RAM is fine. I ran Win2K on a PC with 96 MB of RAM fine. That PC now has WinXP, and it runs kinda slow. But 2K worked fine.
Well, Windows 2K does not require 5 GB of HDD for installation, and a friend of mine even has Windows XP on a 4 GB hard drive. It depends on the amount of programs you use. Win2K itself needs about a gig, I believe even less than a gig. RJ
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10-13-2004, 05:51 PM
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I forgot to mention, i was on a 1.60 gig HDD too. Yes, very small, not a lot of room for programs. and it was a PII not PIII |
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10-13-2004, 06:08 PM
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Great. just what i needed to know. Hopefully I win an ebay auction for some PNY 128MB SODIMM PC66. Thanks again all.
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10-14-2004, 09:24 AM
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I'm running 2K on a laptop with a 233 MMX with 128 ram and a 4 gig drive. It's no speed demon, but it works okay. 2K by itself eats up about a gig. It's a LOT more stable than it was with 98SE and not a heck of a lot slower.
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10-14-2004, 09:32 AM
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I am running XP Pro in a P200 bla bla...just look at my sig
I had XP in this comp with only 64MB ram also As far as I know 2k only needs 32MB RAM. |
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10-14-2004, 10:35 AM
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I dunno about that - I tried 2K on the same laptop with 64 megs and it was terrible. It ran, but took forever to open anything and the hard drive was constantly thrashing.
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10-14-2004, 10:52 AM
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64mb i think is the minimum, tyhat's what we were runnin. Just make sure you're not in a hurry and that you don't get mad at slow things if you're gonna run 64mb with 2k. Like glc said, it ran(slow) and the HDD didn't rest a lot.
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10-14-2004, 11:08 AM
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Probably because laptops have slow HD's. Fast HD's increase overall performance in low-memory systems. |
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10-14-2004, 06:11 PM
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Well I didnt win the auction for the memory so i think i will give it a try with only 96MB. Since my job is very boring and I do nothing but play games and read magazines all day, i will install win2k tomarrow. It will make the day go by faster.
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10-14-2004, 07:49 PM
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Couldn't say any of that if it was FP (XP)!
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10-14-2004, 10:36 PM
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Sure, do that. Let us know how it goes, eh? 
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10-15-2004, 12:06 AM
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Just in case someone wants to know, a fresh install of win2k with SP4 slipstreamed into the windows cd is 936mb. I just installed it on a computer with a small hdd and I watched every MB I put on it. After updateing windows and installing AV and a few pograms it has 770mb left from an original 1.94GB.
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10-15-2004, 12:56 AM
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If you only have 96mb and are going to install an antivirus, don't even think about a big package - AVG is about all it can handle.
By the way - a 128mb module for that is 62 bucks direct from Crucial. |
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