Please Help Me! How to avoid initial system check in XP install pr

[duff4ever]

Hi everyone!!

I would like to install win xp on my old laptop that has not enough ram to pass the check of setup.exe (blue screen if u know what i mean). My laptop is a HP 800ct , it's a 166mmx and it has only 32MB of ram. I know that these specs are not compatibles with MS minimal system req but I need to install on that notebook some software that is only designed for XP so I'm searching a solution...

Any tips??

[submix8c]

Sorry to say, it probably won't happen because it won't even boot. Those specs are way too low. Maybe the CPU might squeeze by but the RAM is insufficient. Least I've encountered is 233mhz CPU with 96mb RAM, and it was a slow lazy hound dog, mainly because of RAM. You also have a minimum on the Hard Disk (3gig) to even install, not to mention the Page File size.

Search ebay for a better laptop if that's what you want to use, but to my recollection the 800CT is only capable of, and installed with, the Win9x series of OS. Even WinME would be hard-pressed with such low RAM.

[JedMeister]

The patch is theoretically possible (I think nLite can do it from memory) but like submix8c says even if you can get it installed it still may not boot. I have (briefly) used a 233MHz with 64MB RAM (min XP specs I think) and it wasn't usable in my opinion. Every time you clicked something you had to wait ages for anything to happen! And if you clicked on 2 or 3 things, well you may as well go make a cuppa while you wait for your system to start responding again. I think realistic min specs for XP are 450-500MHz with 128MB RAM, but even that will be slow and unresponsive. Min RAM I'd suggest for XP would be 256MB.

If you can't or won't take submix8c's advice about using eBay then I would at least try to get more RAM. And I would nLite an XP CD specifically for this machine. You will notice an improvement if you remove all the effects and use classic desktop. Also removing all the networking components will speed up your system too (although you won't be able to network with other computers). If you aren't going to network the laptop or use it on the net then I've heard using XP Gold (ie SP0) is a little less system intensive. Without networking, security centre and other unrequired services (also don't install antivirus) you may be able to get it to run ok but don't count on it.

Windows 2000 may be another option (but again still probably needs more RAM). Often progs that are built for XP will still run on 2K.

Good Luck!

Edited August 17, 2008 by JedMeister

[chipkangaroo]

Like everyone said it will be slow like pouring molasses on a cold winter morning.... I would put a better analogy but gotta keep it PG-13