RE: Why WinXP home CD is not bootable to one, but is to another one?
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:01:17 -0700
Candy wrote:
It's quiet old computer 98', but I replaced the power supply(350W),
ram was new 128 MB, CD ROM is third one to be replaced recently. It
was broken this year since I replaced it for 2 years. Hard drive is 8
G, 3 memory slots, expand capability is 728 MB. motherboard is Aopen
PIII. The problem is after reinstalling Win2k or WinXP failed, I tried
my old one Win98 . It did boot but some .drll files missing, so
malfunctioning again. This is the reason I bought Win2K to replace
Win98 2yrs ago. Now win98 brought message that " illegal...system shut
down.." something like that. I don't quiet understand why I installed
win2k before, and it functioned well until crashed agin now. I can't
boot with Win2K, or Winxp any more, and Win 98 even sereverly was
corrupted. Can you help me to reslove it? Thanks
Candy
Once again, this computer should be replaced. A 8GB hard drive is way
too small for XP. The fact that you replaced the power supply and gave
it new 128MB of memory is irrelevant. No matter what the official
minimum requirements say, XP needs at least 256MB of RAM to function
acceptably. Your hardware is failing. It could be the RAM, the
motherboard, and/or the hard drive.
The old computer is not worth upgrading any more. I'm sorry that isn't
what you wanted to hear, but I would be lying if I said otherwise. If
you can't even install Win98 with a clean format that is a sure sign of
hardware failure, too.
Time to replace it and move on.
Malke
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