Re: Why a whole new system?

Post #92,434 by orion 3/28/03 10:48:20 AM 3/28/03 10:51:54 AM Reply	Re: Why a whole new system? Well maybe he meant he'd build you a new system out of the old parts and replace the motherboard, CPU, hard drive, etc? XP is more stable than 98; however, XP won't run some of the games, and some DOS programs won't work with it. I know that the WWIV BBS software was one that got clobbered by XP, but chances are you aren't running that. XP does have a compatability mode to try and run software designed for earlier windows. There is a program on the XP install disk that will check your software to see if any of it fails. You might want to do that first before the change over to XP. Anyway keep the 4.1 Gig drive, just in case you want to go back to 98, and salavage the information off of that hard drive. Chances are that the XP install will be a fresh one, and you'll have to copy the data files and documents off of the 4.1 Gig drive to the new one and then reinstall the software. Either that or burn all your data and documents to CDR disks before the swap. As far as memory, it went from SIMMS to DIMMS to DDR memory now. Each one having different slots to plug into, and each one running at different speeds. So chances are you will need new memory chips. The more modern motherboards use DDR memory now, very pricey but fast. "Bill gates cannot guarantee Windows, so how are you going to guarantee my safety?" -John Crichton to the Emperor of the Scarrans on [link\|http://www.farscape.com\|FarScape] Edited by orion March 28, 2003, 10:51:54 AM EST Expand All History
Post #92,447 by Nightowl 3/28/03 11:43:57 AM Reply	Re: Why a whole new system? Well maybe he meant he'd build you a new system out of the old parts and replace the motherboard, CPU, hard drive, etc? Yeah, I talked to him a little more this am, and he wants to get another case, like I said, he hates this one, and he would use some of Andrei's parts. But he also said he wanted a faster CD writeable so there might be some he would not use as well. XP is more stable than 98; however, XP won't run some of the games, and some DOS programs won't work with it. I know that the WWIV BBS software was one that got clobbered by XP, but chances are you aren't running that. XP does have a compatability mode to try and run software designed for earlier windows. There is a program on the XP install disk that will check your software to see if any of it fails. You might want to do that first before the change over to XP. Yeah, we want to know what will and won't run on XP I'm gonna start a new thread about that, and ask here, and also look on the internet. Anyway keep the 4.1 Gig drive, just in case you want to go back to 98, and salavage the information off of that hard drive. Chances are that the XP install will be a fresh one, and you'll have to copy the data files and documents off of the 4.1 Gig drive to the new one and then reinstall the software. Either that or burn all your data and documents to CDR disks before the swap. We would definitely back him up on CD before the changeover, but most likely the 4.1 gig drive would remain with Andrei. John has designs on making him a Linux box. I asked John why he couldn't just swap Andrei for his Pentium 60, but he said something about Quicken won't convert to new and the old won't run on new, or something weird about not being able to access the old Quicken files. I'm gonna look into that, too. As far as memory, it went from SIMMS to DIMMS to DDR memory now. Each one having different slots to plug into, and each one running at different speeds. So chances are you will need new memory chips. The more modern motherboards use DDR memory now, very pricey but fast. Yeah, we would most likely need new memory, he said. He isn't gonna get a SIMM board as far as I know. It sounds like a lot of work, but hey... so was logging him, right? Nightowl >8# "Only dead fish swim with the stream." Linda Ellerbee
Post #92,450 by Nightowl 3/28/03 11:51:39 AM 3/28/03 11:55:32 AM Reply	Andrei, Plan B- Converting from Win 98 to Win XP Business Duhhhhhh Still having problems starting new topics in the same forum... or whatever it's called.. Made a new thread, please see next. Nightowl >8# "Only dead fish swim with the stream." Linda Ellerbee Edited by Nightowl March 28, 2003, 11:55:32 AM EST Expand All History
Post #92,452 by Nightowl 3/28/03 11:54:02 AM Reply	Andrei, Plan B- Converting from Win 98 to Win XP Business (new thread) Created as new thread #92451 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=92451\|Andrei, Plan B- Converting from Win 98 to Win XP Business] "Only dead fish swim with the stream." Linda Ellerbee

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