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upgrading of win 95 to win xp
Name: neumi baraki Date: October 27, 2008 at 22:18:16 Pacific OS: win95 CPU/Ram: pentium Product: pentium
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I have got a win 95 o/s and i need to upgrade it to win xp and my cd rom is not booting from a cd rom what are the step to follow
Name: Rayburn Date: October 27, 2008 at 22:50:16 Pacific
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How much RAM do you have? PCs that come with Windows 95 installed generally don't have anymore than 64MB. 64MB of RAM will allow you to install XP, but until you disable the eye candy, it's going to be kinda slow, but not unusable.
What's the capacity of your hard drive? XP needs about 1.5 GB of space, plus extra space for storage and files.
Some old PCs give an error when trying to boot from a CD. In that case, go to bootdisk.com, download a Windows 98 bootdisk. What you downloaded will be a .exe file. Launch the .exe file and follow all instructions. You'll need one blank formatted floppy disk. Then put the floppy in the PC in question and turn it on. The PC should boot from the floppy. If it doesn't, make sure that the floppy drive preceeds the hard drive in the boot sequence option of the BIOS. If it boots, type X:\i386\WINNT.exe and press enter. Substitute X: for the drive letter that the CD driver will give the drive.
Name: T-R-A Date: October 27, 2008 at 23:11:02 Pacific
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There's no "official" upgrade from '95 to XP (unless you upgrade to '98 then to XP). I'd strongly recommend you reconsider, since a Pentium I (your specs) machine designed to run '95 would at best be bog-slow on XP without some serious hacking (i.e.-nLite)...
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Response Number 3
Name: Rayburn Date: October 27, 2008 at 23:35:39 Pacific
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Thanks for that point, I forgot that Windows 95 is not an official upgrade path.
Name: pyrolitic Date: October 28, 2008 at 11:19:55 Pacific
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You do know that you are considering trying to pull a 35' travel trailer with a VW beetle, don't you? You may get it to work, but your not going to enjoy the eXperience.
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Response Number 5
Name: larryf215 Date: October 28, 2008 at 17:37:16 Pacific
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"Model/Manufacturer: pentium", if you list this correctly, some options can be given. Same goes for "CPU/Ram: pentium".
larry
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Response Number 6
Name: mr_bigmouth_502 Date: November 2, 2008 at 08:59:19 Pacific
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I'd suggest getting a whole new PC. The official minimum specs to run XP are a Pentium II with 128MB of RAM, but even that will run it slowly. I'd reccomend atleast a Pentium III (of any sort) with 256MB of RAM.
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Response Number 7
Name: Rayburn Date: November 2, 2008 at 12:05:42 Pacific
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I agree with the above. The 400 MHz Pentium 2 isn't bad running XP either.
Summary: im upgrading from office 95 to office xp i need to know if my macros and templates that were create in 95 will be able to work in 0ffice xp ...
Summary: Afraid not on two counts. There is no upgrade path from Windows 95 to Windows XP. You need Windows 98 at least. You will also need a CPU of at least 233 Mhz and 128 Mbs of RAM to even think about in...
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