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Can my computer handle Win2K?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Dacian, Oct 25, 2006.

  1. Dacian

    Dacian Member

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    It's a Gateway, with 96 MBs of RAM, a Pentium II Processor, and as of now I'm running Windows 98SE. I need to upgrade because of the FAT32/4 Gigabyte maximum thing.
     
    Dacian, Oct 25, 2006
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    I think you can upgrade it to windows 2000, but of course it would be slower than your windows 98
     
    ditri, Oct 26, 2006
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    It would be slow. I would suggest a computer upgrade. Not a OS upgrade.
     
    EricCarr, Oct 26, 2006
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    indeed, or use a Linux distribution that's more geared towards really old hardware.
     
    creaky, Oct 26, 2006
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    Yeah it would run it Ive had a p3 933mhz with 128mb pc133 ram running win xp pro sp 2 yeah it was slow but it was berable the only really slow thing was startup but the rest ran alright
     
    dazila, Oct 26, 2006
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    Thanks you guys, I wish I COULD get a computer Upgrade, but since I'm only a master wizard when it comes to software, not Hardware, I would be completely lost if I were to try and mess with my PC Hardware stats.
     
    Dacian, Oct 26, 2006
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    I have an OLD Compaq server. A Pentium 120, 2 4gig SCSI drives, and 128mb of RAM. Its running Win2K server. Its actually my domain at my house for my home network. Takes about 10-15 minutes to boot, but once up it runs fine. I would up the RAM for sure, but the rest should be OK.

    ~Rich
     
    DoubleDwn, Oct 27, 2006
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