Re: Windows XP Professional - Installation Problem

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From: Rob (rob_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:15:56 -0400

i dont know what's causing your problem, but XP runs just fine on my 300mhz
p2 laptop with 128meg memory and a 4 gig drive. could it run better? of
course, but its very acceptable so ignore all the doom and gloom others have
posted.

"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote in message
news:ufeqmxhSEHA.1448@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I think you hardware is just barely adequate. It is marginally at the
> limiting area for barest minimal requirements. add to that that 2 3GB
hard
> drives are a joke. Windows itself takes up between ! - 1.5 GB depending
on
> how it is installed, and the paging file will take up a minimum of 2.5
times
> your RAM. Microsoft claims minimum of 128 MG RAM, but recommends 256.
Your
> system just cant handle it. You should stick with Win98.
>
> Bobby
>
> "Ganesh Anand" <gatt143x@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eLY27egSEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I have a Intel Celeron 333 MHz Processor with 6 GB Harddisk (3GB + 3GB
> > partition) and 64MB of RAM.
> >
> > Motherboard: Orginal Intel 440EX Board, TNT2 nVidia Graphics Card with
> > 32MB
> > VRAM.
> >
> > OS: Windows 98 SE - Installed in C:
> >
> > When I tried to install Windows XP on D: (FAT32 Partition) through the
> > bootable setup CD, it loaded the required files to my computer and
during
> > Scan Disk, I got the error message:
> >
> > "Windows XP could not be installed because the drive D is corrupted
beyond
> > repair".
> >
> > I tried scandisk from Windows 98. It did not show any error and no bad
> > sectors were detected in my hard disk. What could be the problem? Could
> > anybody suggest a solution for this problem?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > PS: Drive D is already having 1 GB of data and has 2 GB off freespace
for
> > Windows XP Installation.
> >
> >
>
>

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