What is OS Install Mode?

[Charles W Davis]

Windows XP SP3 , Installed RAM 512MB
But when starting up, a message says OS Install Mode enabled, amount of
memory limited to 256 MB.

What gives? Thank you.

 

[Bert Hyman]

In "Charles W

Windows XP SP3 , Installed RAM 512MB
But when starting up, a message says OS Install Mode enabled, amount
of memory limited to 256 MB.

What gives? Thank you.

A quick Google search (maybe you've heard of Google?) shows that "OS
Install Mode" is a BIOS setting, common to Dell boxes, but also
appearing in some other vendor's hardware.

Apparently, the fix is to turn it off.

 

[Charles W Davis]

Bert,
Thanks for your time. Google is my first resort, but this time I simply
asked the question without thinking. It has been fixed.