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JohnK:
I have officially left the past. I upgraded my computer from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Home Edition (SP1). I didn't even know it would run on a 200MHz Pentium Pro. It runs quite nicely (I have 144MB of RAM), but I am a little bit lacking in the hard drive department. It uses over half of my hard drive. I compressed it and I gained a little space, but you can't do much with 2.3GB. I have a question: can I assign my Tandberg TDC-4222 SCSI tape drive to a drive letter and use it like any removable media? If so, how do I do it? Also, can I make my computer any faster? Thanks.
-John
Computer_Commando:
I wouldn't have expected success on a PentiumPro 200. That was the "hot ticket" for about 1 year, I am quite familiar with it using NT4.0 with 64MB/128MB. You have proven (once again) that memory has a greater effect that raw cpu speed, 128MB seems to be the minimum for Win2k or WinXP. Don't know about the SCSI tape drive, but if it shows up under Computer Management, assign it a drive letter. Start looking for a little bigger hard drive, 4,6, or 8GB, your BIOS may not support anything larger. Hard drive rotational speed seems to make the most noticeable difference. Other than a faster hard drive and more memory, that's about it for a 10 year old computer. BTW, I have many old computers, '486 laptop being the oldest, no desktops older than PII-333.
Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements
JohnK:
It shows up in computer management, but how do I assign it a letter?
EDIT: P.S. I didn't expect it to run on a 200MHz processor either. It was more of an experiment than anything.
Shashank J. Bhagwat:
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I have lost color of my Windows XP Taskbar & Start Menu. How I can I recover it?
Mac:
Preferably by starting a new thread and giving us some more information as to what you think may have happened to cause this.
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