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Thanks for the link. I do have generally more than the stated
requirements to run xp but can someone tell me what 'video ram' is? I
know my pc has about 400 and something mb of normal ram but when people
talk video cards etc I get a bit confused. Mine is all built in I
presume as I use a dvd drive with that intervideo thingy to play films
and all is well on my current os. I don't have any problems playing the
sims games either although after adding all those expansion packs
starting the game up can be a little slow.
Gary S. Terhune Wrote:
> Which means you have 6 to 8 GB used. Add 1/3, or approx. 2 to 2.7 GB
> (so that the result is 25% free space) and you end up with a minimum
> partition size of 8 to 10.7 GB. If it's on the low end of that scale,
> you have room to install an XP system--but not much room left over. If
> it's actually more like 8 GB now occupied, you simply don't have
> enough
> room left to do more than install the XP OS to play with, with very
> few
> and very small additional apps.
>
> Go with your laptop, and if you later decide to upgrade the desktop,
> get
> another drive for the job.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "PSYCHOPIXIE" PSYCHOPIXIE.1lnabz@news.win98banter.com wrote in message
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SYCHOPIXIE.1lnabz@news.win98banter.com...-
>
> Last time I looked I had about 5-7 gb free on my harddrive. Like I-
> said-
> before I do have a lot of unnecessary programs on it though so I
> could
> free up more space. I have been poking around on my mothers laptop
> which runs xp and have decided to buy a laptop and then if I keep
> thinking about it I know I need to take the risk and upgrade to xp on
> my pc.
>
>
> Gary S. Terhune Wrote:-
> While you haven't told us how much free space you currently have you
> may
> simply not have sufficient free space remaining to make it feasible.
> It's also true that repartitioning carries a certain amount of risk.
> I've done it hundreds of times, but I can't say they've *all* gone
> without a hitch. The separate HD is definitely the better solution,
> and
> I'm surprised that your system wouldn't have room for another, but
> then
> again, I don't know what system we're dealing with.
>
> But, since you have an XP system to familiarize yourself with,--
> you're--
> definitely wise to not mess with the other system.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "PSYCHOPIXIE" PSYCHOPIXIE.1lkyzz@news.win98banter.com wrote in--
> message--
> newsSYCHOPIXIE.1lkyzz@news.win98banter.com...-
>
> I see. Thank you for your advise about my hard drive size. I don't
> think I can hook up a 2nd hard drive to my pc. There isn't enough-
> space-
> for that according to some systems guy I spoke to at work. He also
> seemed to think that there wasn't the right connection inside or
> something. For the moment I will leave my poor pc alone. I will--
> use---
> xp-
> on the laptop I plan to buy and keep win98se on my old pc, well
> unless-
> I-
> get the urge to upgrade it to xp but I think from what people have-
> said-
> here that, that would be a bad idea.
> Thanks again
>
> Menno Hershberger Wrote:-
> PSYCHOPIXIE PSYCHOPIXIE.1lj4by@news.win98banter.com wrote in
> newsSYCHOPIXIE.1lj4by@news.win98banter.com:
> -
>
> Thank you for muddling through my very inexperienced questions and
> ideas. I was reading about creating partitions in a ''all about
> windows' sort of book and it makes it sound a bit risky for a novice
> like me. My hard drive size is about 13.5gb and there is about 5gb
> free at present but I could fairly easily free up more by
> uninstalling
> one of the many programs I never use. As I mentioned I use windows
> 98se and the processor speed is about 850mhz. From what I've read I
> personally would like to create a partition so that win98se runs on
> one
> side and xp on the other but I don't want either to know about each
> other. So do I install the partition creating program and hope for
> the
> best and then install xp on the side I want? I have never even
> used--
> a--
> pc with partitions so I haven't a clue. Thanks again.-
>
> If your time is worth anything, you'd be better off to buy another
> hard
> drive. New ones aren't that high anymore and you might pick up a--
> used--
> 20-
> 30 gig drive on eBay for little or nothing.
> Just hook it up as slave and install XP on that. If you do a--
> standard--
> installation with the XP CD, it will give you the option to
> install--
> it--
> on
> the second partiton (second drive in this case). After you get it
> installed, you'll have the option to boot into XP or 98 when you--
> boot--
> up.
> Your Windows 98 files will be visible from XP, but your XP drive--
> will--
> not
> be visible from Windows 98. Unless you choose to format the second
> drive
> in Fat 32 instead of NTFS (not recommended).
> If you try to partiton your present drive (which can be dangerous)--
> you--
> will severely limit the amount of free disk space you have for both
> systems.
>
> --
> --- A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your--
> mother. ----
>
>
> --
> PSYCHOPIXIE--
>
>
> --
> PSYCHOPIXIE-
--
PSYCHOPIXIE
Thanks for the link. I do have generally more than the stated
requirements to run xp but can someone tell me what 'video ram' is? I
know my pc has about 400 and something mb of normal ram but when people
talk video cards etc I get a bit confused. Mine is all built in I
presume as I use a dvd drive with that intervideo thingy to play films
and all is well on my current os. I don't have any problems playing the
sims games either although after adding all those expansion packs
starting the game up can be a little slow.
Gary S. Terhune Wrote:
> Which means you have 6 to 8 GB used. Add 1/3, or approx. 2 to 2.7 GB
> (so that the result is 25% free space) and you end up with a minimum
> partition size of 8 to 10.7 GB. If it's on the low end of that scale,
> you have room to install an XP system--but not much room left over. If
> it's actually more like 8 GB now occupied, you simply don't have
> enough
> room left to do more than install the XP OS to play with, with very
> few
> and very small additional apps.
>
> Go with your laptop, and if you later decide to upgrade the desktop,
> get
> another drive for the job.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "PSYCHOPIXIE" PSYCHOPIXIE.1lnabz@news.win98banter.com wrote in message
> news
SYCHOPIXIE.1lnabz@news.win98banter.com...->
> Last time I looked I had about 5-7 gb free on my harddrive. Like I-
> said-
> before I do have a lot of unnecessary programs on it though so I
> could
> free up more space. I have been poking around on my mothers laptop
> which runs xp and have decided to buy a laptop and then if I keep
> thinking about it I know I need to take the risk and upgrade to xp on
> my pc.
>
>
> Gary S. Terhune Wrote:-
> While you haven't told us how much free space you currently have you
> may
> simply not have sufficient free space remaining to make it feasible.
> It's also true that repartitioning carries a certain amount of risk.
> I've done it hundreds of times, but I can't say they've *all* gone
> without a hitch. The separate HD is definitely the better solution,
> and
> I'm surprised that your system wouldn't have room for another, but
> then
> again, I don't know what system we're dealing with.
>
> But, since you have an XP system to familiarize yourself with,--
> you're--
> definitely wise to not mess with the other system.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "PSYCHOPIXIE" PSYCHOPIXIE.1lkyzz@news.win98banter.com wrote in--
> message--
> news
SYCHOPIXIE.1lkyzz@news.win98banter.com...->
> I see. Thank you for your advise about my hard drive size. I don't
> think I can hook up a 2nd hard drive to my pc. There isn't enough-
> space-
> for that according to some systems guy I spoke to at work. He also
> seemed to think that there wasn't the right connection inside or
> something. For the moment I will leave my poor pc alone. I will--
> use---
> xp-
> on the laptop I plan to buy and keep win98se on my old pc, well
> unless-
> I-
> get the urge to upgrade it to xp but I think from what people have-
> said-
> here that, that would be a bad idea.
> Thanks again
>
> Menno Hershberger Wrote:-
> PSYCHOPIXIE PSYCHOPIXIE.1lj4by@news.win98banter.com wrote in
> news
SYCHOPIXIE.1lj4by@news.win98banter.com:> -
>
> Thank you for muddling through my very inexperienced questions and
> ideas. I was reading about creating partitions in a ''all about
> windows' sort of book and it makes it sound a bit risky for a novice
> like me. My hard drive size is about 13.5gb and there is about 5gb
> free at present but I could fairly easily free up more by
> uninstalling
> one of the many programs I never use. As I mentioned I use windows
> 98se and the processor speed is about 850mhz. From what I've read I
> personally would like to create a partition so that win98se runs on
> one
> side and xp on the other but I don't want either to know about each
> other. So do I install the partition creating program and hope for
> the
> best and then install xp on the side I want? I have never even
> used--
> a--
> pc with partitions so I haven't a clue. Thanks again.-
>
> If your time is worth anything, you'd be better off to buy another
> hard
> drive. New ones aren't that high anymore and you might pick up a--
> used--
> 20-
> 30 gig drive on eBay for little or nothing.
> Just hook it up as slave and install XP on that. If you do a--
> standard--
> installation with the XP CD, it will give you the option to
> install--
> it--
> on
> the second partiton (second drive in this case). After you get it
> installed, you'll have the option to boot into XP or 98 when you--
> boot--
> up.
> Your Windows 98 files will be visible from XP, but your XP drive--
> will--
> not
> be visible from Windows 98. Unless you choose to format the second
> drive
> in Fat 32 instead of NTFS (not recommended).
> If you try to partiton your present drive (which can be dangerous)--
> you--
> will severely limit the amount of free disk space you have for both
> systems.
>
> --
> --- A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your--
> mother. ----
>
>
> --
> PSYCHOPIXIE--
>
>
> --
> PSYCHOPIXIE-
--
PSYCHOPIXIE
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