O office Oct 8, 2004 #1 I have an old computer that has windows 95 on it. How can I check to see if it has enough room to upgrade to windows XP?
I have an old computer that has windows 95 on it. How can I check to see if it has enough room to upgrade to windows XP?
N Norman Jones Oct 8, 2004 #2 Hi, This is not obviously an Excel oriented question but you should find the information you need at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/sysreqs.mspx
Hi, This is not obviously an Excel oriented question but you should find the information you need at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/sysreqs.mspx
D Don Guillett Oct 8, 2004 #3 Your old computer will probably NOT be able to run even windows 98, much less xp. Time to bite the bullet.
Your old computer will probably NOT be able to run even windows 98, much less xp. Time to bite the bullet.
D Dave Peterson Oct 8, 2004 #4 My old, er, current pc is a 400 mhz pc. I run win98. MS says that 233mhz is the absolute minimum (300mhz the recommended minimum) processor speed to run winXP. I've never seen anyone (non-MS) recommend WinXP for my pc's speed. You may want to check the MS site to see if your pc meets minimum requirements: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/default.mspx (and looking for drivers for your old hardware could be a problem, too) If you search google for "minimum requirements windows xp" in the *windows* newsgroup, you'll see some real life recommendations. http://google.com/groups?q=minimum+requirements+windows+xp+group:*windows* (I just looked and a couple people said mine would work, but would be slowwwwwww.)
My old, er, current pc is a 400 mhz pc. I run win98. MS says that 233mhz is the absolute minimum (300mhz the recommended minimum) processor speed to run winXP. I've never seen anyone (non-MS) recommend WinXP for my pc's speed. You may want to check the MS site to see if your pc meets minimum requirements: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/default.mspx (and looking for drivers for your old hardware could be a problem, too) If you search google for "minimum requirements windows xp" in the *windows* newsgroup, you'll see some real life recommendations. http://google.com/groups?q=minimum+requirements+windows+xp+group:*windows* (I just looked and a couple people said mine would work, but would be slowwwwwww.)
