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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> kevin <kevin@Invalid.Address.Com> wrote
> > Rod Speed wrote
> >> SmakDaddy <archangel@engineer.com> wrote
>
> >>>> Might see how viable 256K of ram is and install XP instead.
>
> >>> depending on what its to be used for,you might get away with
installing a
> >>> user friendly (well, friendly fora linux flavour)
> >>> linux distrobutuon like mandriva or something.
>
> >> Nar, the owner is a pretty naive user.
>
> >>> you can pretty much guarantee there will be free-to-download
> >>> hardware specific or compatible generic drivers for all the
> >>> hardware on the laptop.
>
> >> Its a desktop.
>
> >>> also depends  on the purpous though. if its for internet, email,
> >>> and word, then something like mandriva will do all that easily. if its
to
> >>> run games and stuff, that xp option sounds a lot better...
>
> >> Yeah, particularly for the camera etc, XP or SE is the way to go
> >> IMO. Main advantage with XP over SE is that it will be easier for me to
fix
> >> as required, mainly because of the install in place with XP. SE is a
tad
> >> dinosaury in that area. Quite adequate for their use tho.
>
> > Not sure about XP since you only have 256k RAM.
>
> 64 actually.
>
> > Can the RAM be upgraded?
>
> Likely, but there arent any XP drivers for it,
> just 2K drivers so that might not be a great idea.
>
> > Anyone know what the min RAM is for XP?
>
> There isnt any real minimum, I have installed
> it on a 64M system. Rather slow tho.


No minimum , my ass , MS have minimum system specs on software , as you dont
know .

Off the top of my head Processor 300mhz and 128 meg ram for XP



>
> > Do you have a regular Win98 CD and upgrade CD to Win98se?
>
> Yes, but chose not to use that.
>
> > Or a Win98 CD Full Version (if they made one)?
>
> 98SE OEM, yes, that installs fine and is how I proved
> that it was a stuffed SE install, that fixes the problem.
> And its happy to use the Product Key thats on the
> manual that came with the system too.
>
> > If so dump the restore CD and repartition the Drive to one Partition.
>
> It only had the one partition, I just formatted that and SE installs fine.
>
> > Then install Win98(se) and or upgrade to Win98se.
> > You should be all set from there.
>
> Its more complicated than that. For some odd reason while there
> are 5 video drivers on the compaq site for that system, not one of
> them is for the intel video chipset that is actually present.
>
> Looks rather like its one of Compaq's odditys that never did
> get made in very big volume and its unclear if the recovery
> CDs actually belong with that system at all. Compaq couldnt
> find any data on the number thats on the CDs and their
> database only shows a recovery CD for 2K for that system.
>
> Looks rather like someone used a separate compaq oem SE
> and the recovery CDs are from something else or something.
>
> I worked out which chipset its got using Everest, Intel i752 and
> an Intel 82810E graphics controller. Nothing on the intel site for
> the i752. Decent collection of drivers for the 82810 but when you
> try installing the one for 98 etc, it says its for the 810 etc video
> chipsets. Its happy to install and does appear to work on that
> system tho, at least allowing the better video modes to be set
> now. They dont play games on that PC so it should be fine.
>
> > I think the problem was you were looking at the wrong CD trying to run
> > a Win98 CD (Restore CD) on a system that has been ugraded to Win98se.
>
> Nope, its always had SE on it, the manual
> and product key are for a compaq oem SE.
>
> > It wanted to see the Win98se CD and not Win98 unless it asks for it.
>
> The QReasy error message doesnt even mention that possibility, it
> rabbits on about various possibilitys with the hardware its booted on.
>
>
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