Re: Minimum ram req to install XP/ & Pro
- From: David Abbott <ddb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:05:13 -0700
I have a desktop that has Windows XP Home and it only had 128 MB of RAM. If
does work, but not the way that it would if it had more memory. It is
important as stated to make the recovery CD's if they are not provided but
the partition is provided. Do it as soon as you get a new computer out of
the box. At least you have something should you need to reinstall windows.
There are a lot of new laptops that have much more memory and will work
better that are well under $1000 dollars. Dell always has specials. I
would suspect that other manufacturers do the same.
On 6/24/07 9:32 AM, in article #hD9C1ntHHA.1672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"NUGGET" <NUGGET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7D3074D8-7545-46AF-A86D-F6709A9D846C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have always thought that XP & XP/Pro needed at least 256 mb of ram to
work,
recently looking in ebay for a laptop i see many installed with XP & Pro.
App
192 mb of ram is this enough to run XP for word pro/ and internet no
games.
Thank you.
There are a number of reasons why this would not be a good choice.
First, that's nowhere near enough RAM for XP to run. It will crawl,
instead.
Second, a laptop that has that little RAM is an older model and probably
won't allow expansion to any reasonable amount of memory.
Third, the most expensive and most likely component to fail on a laptop is
the display. You have no way of knowing the condition of the display.
If you spend a little time looking at ads for newer laptops, you'll find
that prices have plummetted. That's because display manufacturers have been
able to significantly reduce costs with better production yields.
So, if you're looking at a laptop, seriously consider a new one. You'll be
much, much happier with the results, and while it may be a few hundred
dollars more, it won't be thousands. And, you will have a real warranty.
One thing you really need to be aware of when looking at such systems is
reinstall / restore media.
Many manufacturers do not provide reinstall media, but do provide a method
for you to make it. It's really, really important for you to actually do
this! Make the disks and put them somewhere safe, where they won't be
lost.
Some manufacturers use a "recovery partition", which means that the files to
fix the machine are on a hidden partition on the hard disk. This is a
fundamentally bad idea, as one of the reasons you'd need to use the
partition is that the drive fails - and they do fail. But if the drive
fails, *you have no access to the recovery partition* and are, in technical
parlance, screwed. And you will not be able to do a "repair install" of
XP, which is not uncommonly needed.
I would recommend not accepting such a machine, and telling the salesperson,
the vendor and the manufacturer why - in writing, not email. Let them know
why they lost the sale. This arrangement saves them perhaps two dollars,
and can cost you hundreds later when you have to buy a new hard disk AND a
new XP license.
If you have no choice but to accept the machine, there is a way to protect
yourself. What you need to do is make an image of the complete drive to
DVD media, and set that aside. Then, when the drive finally fails, you
can restore from that image to a new hard disk, and have it all available in
short order. Examples of tools to do this are Acronis TrueImage and
Norton Ghost - there are others.
HTH
-pk
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