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   The system requirements for Windows 2000 Professional can be found at =
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/.  =
64MB is the low end.

   Again, if you do this I would recommend against an upgrade.  Do a =
clean install and reformat the hard disk.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message =
news:3ec2a370$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  > Would W2K even run on such a box?  (I bought in in early '98 I =
think.)

  Most likely, but there may be a driver problem if it's not standard =
stuff
  from that time.

  >So far
  > I can't find memory for it, only have 64MB.

  What is it?  (Make/model)  I'll see if I can find out more about it.

  > Also, with W2K wouldn't I want NTFS?   Right now it's FAT32.

  If all you're going to do is run one OS on it, yep, you'd want NTFS -- =
the
  W2K offers to upgrade your drive to NTFS, no problem. If you have =
other
  partitions, there's a convert program you run after you do the =
install.

  - Bob Comer




  "Ellen K"  wrote in message
  news:909377.ae7c35{at}harborwebs.com...
  > Would W2K even run on such a box?  (I bought in in early '98 I =
think.)  So
  far
  > I can't find memory for it, only have 64MB.
  >
  > Also, with W2K wouldn't I want NTFS?   Right now it's FAT32.
  >
  > > From: "Robert Comer" 
  > > Why not upgrade to W2KPro or WinXP -- it wouldn't be the speediest =
box
  in
  > > the world, but it'd be more stable and run more of today's =
programming
  > > stuff?
  > > - Bob Comer
  > > "Ellen K"  wrote in message
  > > news:509347.ac8012{at}harborwebs.com...
  > >> Urk.  If that's the case then the only thing I'd get with 98SE =
would be
  > > the
  > >> ability to run newer versions of stuff that don't run on 95 any =
more
  (like
  > > the
  > >> Norton security stuff).
  > >>
  > >> Anything resembling power management is already disabled.
  > >>
  > >> How do you shut down to the "orange-on-black idiot
screen only"?
  > >>
  > >> What about Rnaapp?
  > >>
  > >> Maybe the original hard drive is starting to go bad... ?
  > >>
  > >> > From: "Frank Haber" 
  > >> > Why do you think 98SE will help your shutdown problem?  Win 95 =
did a
  > > pretty
  > >> > good job shutting down early APM systems.  98SE had notorious
  problems
  > > with
  > >> > that, got two partially successful patches for it, has had =
whole
  > > websites
  > >> > written about its power problems.  There are still a bunch of
  machines
  > > out
  > >> > there that won't shut down properly.
  > >> > Have you considered just disabling power management, shutting =
down to
  > > the
  > >> > orange-on-black idiot screen only, then leaning on the power =
switch
  for
  > > five
  > >> > seconds?


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   Again, if
you do this I =
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disk.
 
Rich
 

  "Robert Comer" <bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>
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  "Ellen K" <Ellen.K{at}harborwebs.com>">mailto:Ellen.K{at}harborwebs.com">Ellen.K{at}harborwebs.com>
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