Re: WINXP upgrade form WIN 98 SE

From: Flyingkiwi (nospam_at_idontthinkso.com)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:25:00 +1100

I would probably look at some more RAM also - I did the upgrade from 98SE to
Xp Pro and had 384Mb RAM - then I found things to be running really slow -
XP would take up to 2 minutes to boot up (p4 1.7G Processor) I now have a Gb
Ram and takes about 35 sec - and all works really well. remember RAM is
cheap :)

"FACE" <AFaceintheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
news:5smno01bk4upo8oca7n7g8pk720o7n6ami@4ax.com...
> Processor Athlon 2000+
> RAM 256mb, 16 of that devoted to onboard sound and video.
>
> Forewarned is forearmed and all that. :-)
>
> I am anticipating an upgrade from Win98 SE to WIN XP Pro in the next week.
>
> Currently, I have a Windows directory used by IE for favorites and as a
> working directory for Outlook Express which I never use AND I have a
> working
> directory for Win 98SE named Win98rel1 (Windows name choice on a reinstall
> of Win 98 SE.)
>
> I can graft the favorites tree to the correct place under Win98rel1, as to
> the OE I really don't care if it is carried forward at all.
>
> Obviously my registry points to Windows for favorites and OE, to Win98rel1
> for the rest of the system.
>
> What prep should I do in the above aspect prior to installing XP Pro?
>
> FACE
>
>
>

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