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Thread ID: 59542	2005-07-05 06:30:00	XP Home install troubles.	waimaks (6990)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
369615	2005-07-05 06:30:00	Ok, I'll start from the beginning, I told a friend I would try and get his computer running a bit better, Its been pretty badly neglected and because of that windows(98) was completely corrupted and overall nothing worked right. I decided that a clean install of xp home would make things a lot easier for me and him so thats what I have ended up doing. My problem now is that it has nearly finished the XP install and has seemed to have gotten caught up on something, it is 13mins away from completion and is in the middle of 'Registering Components', the funny thing is that its is still working and not frozen or anything, just not making any progress. The computer I'm trying to install it on is an old Compaq package thing, and my friend has lost all of the discs that go with it. I think its 550mhz, 64mb ram thats about all the important bits. Any suggestions anyway?	waimaks (6990)
369616	2005-07-05 06:37:00	Sounds like its stuck identifying and loading drivers for internal components, no surprise that it chokes looking at the system specs, Even if you get it installed the system will run worse then before you wiped 98. Did you get this copy of XP new for this machine? If your installing a version thats installed on another machine then it will disable itself after 30 days. My advice would be to forget about the XP dream and load 98 back onto it. You also say that under 98 nothing worked right,and now hangs on install of XP which may indicate a hardware problem,...to which I would just repeat my advice to go back to 98...	Metla (12)
369617	2005-07-05 06:50:00	Ok, thanks for that, I thought it would be something along those lines, I'll	waimaks (6990)
369618	2005-07-05 09:28:00	for starters with 64 meg ram you'll be lucky for it to even run with XP. upgrade the amount of ram.	tweak'e (69)
369619	2005-07-05 10:56:00	Ok, I'll start from the beginning, I told a friend I would try and get his computer running a bit better, Its been pretty badly neglected and because of that windows(98) was completely corrupted and overall nothing worked right. I decided that a clean install of xp home would make things a lot easier ? Nope, sorry, that bad news is that putting XP on a sick machine does not magically cure it. Take Metlas advice.	pctek (84)
369620	2005-07-05 17:09:00	If I am not mistaken, XP requires at least 512 anyway..right?	SurferJoe46 (51)
369621	2005-07-05 17:18:00	i thought it was 64MB minimum, 128MB recommended?	Sleepy (7202)
369622	2005-07-05 17:49:00	Afraid you are mistaken Surfer Joe. I run XP on 320Mb ram. And back when I had 98SE on 128Mb, I was told I could switch to XP - though my specs would be reaaally stretched. I didn't test it...	Laura (43)
369623	2005-07-05 18:41:00	I have seen xp running on a 500Mhz with 64mb ram and would suggest you forget that idea completely........what you are trying to do is similar to putting a large truck body onto a small van engine............your engine is too small for the load........you need 256mb ram to run xp *reasonably*.....yes i'tll run on 128 but very slow to open programs etc......how big is the harddrive ?......xp in and of itself takes about 1.5gb of space......often it amuses me how folks think xp may cure all their problems but they simply dont seem to bother checking into the requirements much at all........I mean to say.....how many pc's have you seen running xp wiht say a 1ghz cpu and 256mb ram and still struggling a bit.......then you tell me you want to install it onto a 500mhz with only 64mb ram......*sigh* you need to do a bit more research lol............	drcspy (146)
369624	2005-07-05 21:36:00	xp in and of itself takes about 1.5gb of space...... And before anyone tries to install it on a 2gB HDD, if you are instaaling the SP after, it will require considerably MORE space while its doing its backup and install.	pctek (84)
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