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I just purchased XP upgrade , I dumped HD and reformated with Restore cd to win98 and then updated my nec vid and aud drivers from ibm, then I upgraded to xp home addition, My sys has 20 gb HD and 256mb ram however since upgrade sys info says remaing avail ram (variiable) 100-107 megs <PIII 800MHz (256KB), 256MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT, 1024x768, 8x-2.3x DVD, Intel Combo, TV out, Li-Ion Batt, W98> Ibm T-21 laptop, yes i have updated nec XP drivers, all XP updates etc,
 
curious said:
I just purchased XP upgrade , I dumped HD and reformated with Restore cd
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to win98 and then updated my nec vid and aud drivers from ibm, then I
upgraded to xp home addition, My sys has 20 gb HD and 256mb ram however
since upgrade sys info says remaing avail ram (variiable) 100-107 megs <PIII
800MHz (256KB), 256MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT, 1024x768, 8x-2.3x DVD,
Intel Combo, TV out, Li-Ion Batt, W98> Ibm T-21 laptop, yes i have updated
nec XP drivers, all XP updates etc,

You have 256MB of ram and it says that you have 256MB of ram. So what's the
problem?
 
Sounds to me like Windows is using 150mb of your memory. 256mb is not
a lot when it comes to XP.
 
Sorry, forgot to mention in other reply, my system reports total ram
at 1024mb, and available physical memory at 657mb.
 
I just purchased XP upgrade , I dumped HD and reformated with Restore cd to win98 and then updated my nec vid and aud drivers from ibm, then I upgraded to xp home addition, My sys has 20 gb HD and 256mb ram however since upgrade sys info says remaing avail ram (variiable) 100-107 megs <PIII 800MHz (256KB), 256MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT, 1024x768, 8x-2.3x DVD, Intel Combo, TV out, Li-Ion Batt, W98> Ibm T-21 laptop, yes i have updated nec XP drivers, all XP updates etc,
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The "missing" RAM is not really missing but is in use by the operating
system and any applications you have running.

Warren
 
Ok, but my question is where is it , since min requirements for install are <Pentium III processor, 233 Mhz (300 Mhz recommended)

64 Mbytes of memory (128 Mbytes recommended)

1.5 Gbytes of free disk space

A monitor with SVGA resolution (800x600)

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive > 64 is allot less than 256 whers the other 150
 
OK, but the same programs, actually a couple less than when win 98 was installed used less than 50 mb, curious
 
OK, but the same programs, actually a couple less than when win 98 was installed used less than 50 mb, curious
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XP offers a lot more than 98 and thus uses more resources to get the
job done. Windows 98 also uses more RAM than it's predecessors Win95,
and Win 3.1 but it also offers more than they did.

Warren
 
MS stated IN 2001 (just after the release of XP) that the minimum RAM is
128MB. If you look deeper, you'll find that even though they didn't
specifically state it there, that requirement was just for running the
BARE-BONES XP OS.
MS also states elsewhere that you require 'x' amount of additional RAM for
each Office application running - note I said 'x' amt., as those figures
were released 2001 prior to the later versions of Office (2002, 2003), .NET
Framework, SP1 etc. and doesn't take into account any additional software
the end-user will install.
I say again, 256 is the minimum to have XP operate efficiently.
 
Your car could run on a pint gas, but you're not gonna be happy with
the performance. Minimum requirements are usually just that... the
minimum to keep you from pulling your hair out waiting for something
to happen.
 
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