FAT64 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Who said anything about running "setup.exe", in DOS mode you need to run "d:\i386\winnt.exe". Also, 64Mb is the minimum RAM required for XP, and I think the installation WILL fail anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Who said anything about running "setup.exe", in DOS mode you need to run "d:\i386\winnt.exe". Also, 64Mb is the minimum RAM required for XP, and I think the installation WILL fail anyway! <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i have used nlite to disable the memory checking. I also have one desktop with 32mb on it and i have installed xp os the other day. it is running smoothly and ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) r u kidding? xp runs smoothly on 32mb ram machine????? i have my xp nlited(180mb iso) and i run it on an athlon 64 machine with 1 gb ram and sometimes still runs slow...... Edited August 7, 2005 by boooggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 r u kidding? xp runs smoothly on 32mb ram machine????? i have my xp nlited(180mb iso) and i run it on an athlon 64 machine with 1 gb ram and sometimes still runs slow......<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeah..'coz i didn't install anything on it..not even office. a start-up it is a little slow but once it is finish, i can open the internet very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 pls....help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickytwista Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) i suggest you get the xp boot floppys from microsoft, its either 5 or 6 floppys in total, that will sort it, make sure u get right 1 though, whether it be 4 xp home or xp pro, cheers here you go, you will see them half way down that page, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994 they for a unbootable cdrom Edited August 7, 2005 by trickytwista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 i suggest you get the xp boot floppys from microsoft, its either 5 or 6 floppys in total, that will sort it, make sure u get right 1 though, whether it be 4 xp home or xp pro, cheers here you go, you will see them half way down that page, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994 they for a unbootable cdrom<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeah...thanks i already downloaded the 6 floopies and i will try it now! give u gusy update if i installed xp or still not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 where can i get the smartdrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 http://www.nexle.dk/daniel/win2000-32mb/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) You will only need "smartdrv.exe" if you boot from a Win98 floppy. Have a look here ... http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml Edited August 7, 2005 by FAT64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 off topic so forgive me.@ fat 64 I have software that says do I want to format to fat 64. I never heard of that is there using clusters of this size> What do you use for this cluster size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 AFAIK there is no such thing as FAT64. The Table would be just too big! FAT32 isn't fully implemented as the Tables would be 16Gb (x2 because there is a backup FAT, so actually 32Gb, I think Windows only uses 19 bits of the possible maximum of 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 i cannot load my smartdrive..it gives me error on himem.sys. and i tried to continue installing windos but it takes more than 8 hrs just to copy installation files on my hard disk..how long it will reallt take?24 hrs installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 how to use smartdrive? during boot from floppy disk i should run smartdrive of what...i don't understand..maybe you'll think i'm the most stupid person in this forum but i really need some giudes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee dee's lab Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 i'm getting crazy...i downloaded boot disks from free pc tech and i don't know what's wrong...everytime i do self extraction..i have fatal exeptions error....what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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