My Pentium III PC 1Ghz, having 128MB RAM & 40 GB HDD partitioned into 2 logical partitions (C & E drives) of 20 GB each with an older HDD (4.3GB D drive), is currently having Win 98 SE as operating system.
I would like to try dual booting preferably XP or else Win 2K.
Whether dual booting will slow down my PC? Do I need to increase my RAM? Which OS should I go in for? On which partition should I install the new OS?
2006-06-11 04:32:23 · 4 answers · asked by Ireadalot 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Dual booting itself will not slow your PC. However running XP on your machine will slow it down. If you are going to install XP then I recommend no less than 512MB of memory though 256MB is passable. But, I won't touch a computer that doesn't have at least 1GB of memory. If you don't want to spend money to upgrade your memory then I recommend using Windows 2000. Windows XP and 2000 are basically the same operating system but Windows XP has a few more features (and the GUI is much nicer).
2006-06-11 04:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by conradj213 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
computer from me slow with age .
Yes Xp will slow everthing.
And Yes Geeks it does .
Xp runs on a different file system and thats ,that
Yes it will boot ,Yes It will run ....
But Why run 2 Progs
98 was good but don't get left behind.......")
Oh yer 128m great for 98 No good for xp as it uses that just to start......
2006-06-11 04:52:23 · answer #2 · answered by jay k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it wont slow your PC
2006-06-11 04:34:06 · answer #3 · answered by ohmywhatamessimin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it will not slow your pc at all i have done the same
2006-06-11 04:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by j u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋