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| 74297 | 2002-08-28 01:11:00 | My computer is currently running Windows ME.If was to upgrade to XP will this overide ME and i would lose everything saved?. I have only 64RAM is this enough to drive XP? | trevor (1594) | ||
| 74298 | 2002-08-28 01:26:00 | XP will not run satisfactorily on 64 Meg. (if at all) If you upgrade, you wont (necessarily) lose your data but will need to re-install your programs, as they will be most unlikely to run until you do. The XP upgrade CD has a utility on it that tells you whats not compatable in software and hardware. You need at least 128 meg of ram, I have 1 pc here on 128 and its quite useable. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 74299 | 2002-08-28 01:46:00 | I'm always a fan of the "If ain't broken, why fix it?" school of thought... upgrading is a nightmare in itself and I guarantee you will have more problems than not should you choose to upgrade as opposed to doing a reformat and full reinstall. 64 meg is waaaaay to low as well. I doubt if XP would even LET you install with that amount of memory! Grin and bear it... XP isn't the be all and end all of operating systems... I for one trialled XP Pro, couldn't stand it and have gone back to 98SE and plan on sticking with it. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 74300 | 2002-08-28 02:06:00 | do you need to upgrade to XP? i think your $$$$ would be better spend on upgradeing your hardware. exspeacially the RAM. 64meg is small even for winME. 128 at least, 196 works sweet with winME or 256meg which will allow for a XP upgrade later on. btw is your proccessor fast enough to handle XP? can you get XP drivers for all your hardware? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 74301 | 2002-08-28 02:17:00 | I upgraded 3 machines from ME to XP, and all went sweetly, wouldnt dream of ever going back. | godfather (25) | ||
| 74302 | 2002-08-28 04:51:00 | So there you have it... 3 ppl against an upgrade, and 1 for... ;) Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 74303 | 2002-08-28 05:02:00 | Make that 2 for the upgrade if processor and memory (upgrade) can handle. | Capital (813) | ||
| 74304 | 2002-08-28 05:05:00 | But with memory at $59 for 128 MB ... do a memory upgrade anyway. (That hurts much less than $120 for 1 MB, which is what my fuirst memory upgrade cost in 1991). Then see if you want to "upgrade". |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 74305 | 2002-08-28 07:35:00 | My sister had a computer with WinME and 64MB ram. She upgraded the ram by a further 128MB in anticipation of XP, but found that ME ran so well with the additional ram, she stayed with that OS, BALDY:-) |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 74306 | 2002-08-28 08:37:00 | Just as a matter of interest,What would be the smallest Proccessor that could handle XP Home version? ie;Pentium2/266Mhz with 256Mb ram? Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
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