Re: HELP ON REBOOT

NoNo:



Although you and I both disagree with Microsoft's assessment, the official
Microsoft minimum requirement for Windows XP is: 1.5 gigabytes (GB)
of available hard disk space*



Read all about it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx



steve





"NoNoBadDog!" <no_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "bluehawk" <bluehawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> pent 4 3.2 2gig h/d
>> Had to reinstall xp
>> got over lots of drive problems
>> service pack 2 loaded ok
>> all seems to be fine ran checkdisk ok.
>> computer sems to work fine
>>
>> Problem is on restart it seems to take a while and a white bar comes up
>> on
>> the bottom of screen it slowly fills up I think its a hard drive check
>> but im
>> not sure.
>> looks like a set of white bars that fill up
>> how do i stop this on switch on /reboot it takes ages
>> many thanks
>
> If you installed Windows XP on a 2 GB Hard drive, it's a wonder it will
> boot at all.
> A Clean install of Windows XP can take from 1 to 1.5 GB, then add a swap
> file, a sizeable piece of space for system restore, and a piece of HDD
> equal to installed RAM for Hibernation.
> 2GB is simply not enough for Windows XP. Minimum drive size should be
> 10GB.
>
> Bobby
>
>


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