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How much time to install
Name: AZZIE Date: October 28, 2001 at 07:17:51 Pacific
Comment:
I tried to install XP professional final version on my AMD 500 mhz, 256 MB ram 15.0 gig hdd ( Nothing on it )
and it took over 8 hrs to install and be able to run Xp. I Is it the normal length of time it takes to install or my system is bad ? I tried with a smaller HDD and took the same time. It takes few hours once I see " Pls wait while files are copied to Hdd ". Is it normal to that long ?
Booting to a foppy and installing XP from DOS will take that long.
Booting to the CD directly and installing should take just under 1 hour.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kelly Date: October 28, 2001 at 08:25:08 Pacific
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I did a test on installing XP because I was curious about so many posts related to installation problems in this group and all the others. It must be the most popular subject.
Installing by /i386/winnt.exe, although it worked, it took hours, don’t know exactly how long because I eventually left it running overnight.
Booting off the CD it took 23 minutes to install.
Athlon 1.4 (266) 768 DDR Memory FIC AD11 DDR MoBo 52X CD ROM
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Response Number 3
Name: Omar Date: October 28, 2001 at 08:47:23 Pacific
Reply:
you kidding,right?
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Response Number 4
Name: Kelly Date: October 28, 2001 at 08:55:39 Pacific
Reply:
Who’s kidding about what?
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Response Number 5
Name: jz Date: October 28, 2001 at 09:19:44 Pacific
Reply:
use xp boot disk from microsoft takes about 40 mins to install os
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Response Number 6
Name: AZZIE Date: October 28, 2001 at 09:39:28 Pacific
Reply:
kelly and Sterling , thanks. Kelly, yes I run 'Winnt.exe ' and installed that way. Took me whole night.
What other ways I can do it ?
thanks to both of you ?
Omar, be more specific . thanks
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Response Number 7
Name: SIMON Date: October 28, 2001 at 10:02:35 Pacific
Reply:
YES YOU ARE RIGHT THERE IS A PROBLEM
I STARTED THE UPGRADE FROM ME AT 10:00 AND IT FINISHED AT 5:15 THE NEXT MORNING
WORKS FINE NOW THOUGH
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Response Number 8
Name: Kelly Date: October 28, 2001 at 10:53:07 Pacific
This is recommended on the Win XP CD. It is supposed to dramatically speed up the process, I don’t know by how much as I haven’t tried it.
p.s. The install time is going to vary according to your hardware configuring, not just your system performance.
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Response Number 9
Name: Colin Date: October 28, 2001 at 11:58:00 Pacific
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That is really funny BECAUSE I did a clean install from DOS with the 6 flopy disk and it only tock about 50 minutes. That was installing it on a AMD Athalon 500MHZ with 512MB RAM and a 40 GIG HDD. That was the Win XP Pro Build 2600.
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Response Number 10
Name: Kelly Date: October 28, 2001 at 12:41:09 Pacific
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Colin with the 6 disks it will be as a normal install as if it was booted from the CD.
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