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    OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
    « on: October 17, 2007, 09:50:57 AM »
    I meet all of the requirements for upgrading to XP exept one.
    It requires 1.5 GB of available hard disc space.
    My system printout states I have Hard Drive C: 10988MB
    What can I do to increase the Free Space?
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    « Last Edit: October 18, 2007, 04:33:14 AM by runninbare »
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    Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
    « Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 09:57:40 AM »
    10988Mb is approx 10.73Gb of spcae... You have more than enough to install XP.

    Unless this is your hardc drive capacity?

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      « Reply #2 on: October 17, 2007, 11:42:33 AM »
      Thanks for your reply, this is the hard drive freespace, the totalspace is 13053, am attaching sys. diag. sheet.

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      Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
      « Reply #3 on: October 17, 2007, 06:56:07 PM »
      You have plenty of space to upgrade to XP.

      You will find quite a slowdown in speed with only
      192MB of ram and a 400MHZ CPU.

      It should work okay though......only much slower.

      I assume you have a socket 370 PPGA processor.

      If so the best you could increase to would be 533MHZ
      CPU. The SSpecs are---->SL3FZ. See the link below.

      http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL3FZ.html
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      Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
      « Reply #4 on: October 17, 2007, 09:51:16 PM »
      Edit your 1st post, and remove your email address, unless you want to get tons of junk mail there!!!

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      Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
      « Reply #5 on: October 18, 2007, 04:48:41 AM »
      Agreed, Street1, More than enough space but system will be very slow considering rest of the hardware.

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      Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
      « Reply #6 on: October 18, 2007, 06:10:03 PM »
      Agreed, Street1, More than enough space but system will be very slow considering rest of the hardware.



      Add another 128 stick of RAM and throw Win2K on there and you will have a happy machine...
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        Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
        « Reply #7 on: October 19, 2007, 08:33:38 AM »
        I just upgraded RAM to 512 & ordered DSL high speed, which will bring me out of the dark ages of dial up.
        I also am bidding on Windows XP upgrade.
        My current processor is Intel Celeron 400MHZ
        on my similar Gateway PC that just crashed, it has a Intel P2 Model5 448MHz processor, would this be worthwhile to swap it into my current PC for faster speed?
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        Re: OS Requirements for Upgrading from Windows 98 to XP
        « Reply #8 on: October 19, 2007, 09:06:13 PM »
        400 MHz is pretty slow for an XP...