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370475 2005-07-08 08:07:00 Re suitability of PC/C kit for installing SP2.
It was suggested I post friends hardware b4 installing sp2.

2gig Pentium 4.
8kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kb secondary memory cache.
Board the PCComany s.
Bios,100meg
Bios software Interr inc 6.00 PG 04/29/2002.'
Help would be appreciated.
Oh...Windows XP home SP 1(build 2600)
Cicero (40)
370476 2005-07-08 08:11:00 SP2 will install on anything .

As long as u check for spyware and remove it if u have any .

Or u have a Prescott CPU (if u get the patch for it first) . Before installing SP2 .

Altho if there is a BIOS update, it might pay to flash it to the latest (if any)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
370477 2005-07-08 08:17:00 Altho if there is a BIOS update, it might pay to flash it to the latest (if any)Why would someone risk losing their motherboard to flash the BIOS if there aren't any problems? Haven't heard of SP2 requiring a modern PC to have its BIOS flashed before. Jen (38)
370478 2005-07-08 08:21:00 I didnt say it had to be modern. I said it might help with a BIOS update. Speedy Gonzales (78)
370479 2005-07-08 08:23:00 make sure she is spyware and virus free,and that the HD has been scanned for errors and shes had a defrag.

In other words,bathed and powdered.......
Metla (12)
370480 2005-07-08 08:31:00 make sure she is spyware and virus free,and that the HD has been scanned for errors and shes had a defrag.

In other words,bathed and powdered.......
Ha ha.
Thanks all.
Funny you should mention a defrag,did a disc clean up and was doing a defrag,she asked what was that was all about,she has had compu since 2002 and hadn't done one.
How do you scan hd for errors?
Cicero (40)
370481 2005-07-08 09:01:00 How do you scan hd for errors?Double click on My Computer, then right click on the drive you want scanned, then go to Properties, then select to Tools tab
Click on error checking
Myth (110)
370482 2005-07-08 09:06:00 Ha ha.
Thanks all.
Funny you should mention a defrag,did a disc clean up and was doing a defrag,she asked what was that was all about,she has had compu since 2002 and hadn't done one.
How do you scan hd for errors?
I f the computer hasn't had a defrag since 2002 it might be prudent to do a fresh install before installing sp2
plod (107)
370483 2005-07-08 09:44:00 Re suitability of PC/C kit for installing SP2.
It was suggested I post friends hardware b4 installing sp2.

2gig Pentium 4.
8kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kb secondary memory cache.
Board the PCComany s.
Bios,100meg
Bios software Interr inc 6.00 PG 04/29/2002.'
Help would be appreciated.
Oh...Windows XP home SP 1(build 2600)
You missed the only important bit - how much room is there on the HDD? SP2 likes to back stuff up first and it requires a reasonable amount of room, if this is quite an old PC the HDD may be quite small.
pctek (84)
370484 2005-07-08 09:57:00 You missed the only important bit - how much room is there on the HDD? SP2 likes to back stuff up first and it requires a reasonable amount of room, if this is quite an old PC the HDD may be quite small.
You shall have the info pronto.

c.NTFS on drive 60.02 49 free.
Cicero (40)
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