Re: XP Pro in 128 MB
- From: "Michael Stevens" <mstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 23:15:26 -0700
In news:3A1B1F58-A23E-46A9-B0EA-93F1419BD73B@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Sleepless in New Jersey <SleeplessinNewJersey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
replied with a ;-)
> Someone kindly donated an older PC to our disabled veterans group.
> It has a 500 mhz AMD CPU (slow but barely acceptable), a 12.3 GB
> hard drive (which is ok) and only 128 MB of RAM. Windows XP
> Professional is installed! It does run. (I wouldn't have believed
> it.)
>
> Obviously there has to be more memory. Memory slots are available;
> however, the PC has 72 pin SIMMs. It's old and I don't know if I
> could find the right kind of RAM to purchase and install. I don't
> even know if it is FPM or EDO. (Is there a way to find out?)
>
> If I were to install this hard drive in another PC with a faster CPU
> and more installed RAM, would it boot into Win XP Pro? Or would
> Windows be tied to the computer it was first installed in?
Move XP to new hardware.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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