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Ed Light - 31 Mar 2006 03:21 GMT

I'll be installing XP Home on a friend's computer this weekend, but the
512mb memory I ordered won't get there until I'm about to leave. She has
128mb. Will XP install and run in that? I anticipate much swapping to disk.

Thanks.

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Ed Light - 31 Mar 2006 03:29 GMT

Thanks, don't bother -- it dawned on me to look it up on the microsoft site.
(Doh!). The answer is XP Home will actually run in 64mb. But not very well.

> I'll be installing XP Home on a friend's computer this weekend, but the
> 512mb memory I ordered won't get there until I'm about to leave. She has
> 128mb. Will XP install and run in that? I anticipate much swapping to
> disk.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP] - 31 Mar 2006 04:09 GMT

Ed;
You got it correct.
It will run but slowly, other than that no problems with Windows XP.
Simply install the new memory when it arrives and your friend will see a
huge difference in performance.

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> Thanks, don't bother -- it dawned on me to look it up on the microsoft
> site. (Doh!). The answer is XP Home will actually run in 64mb. But not
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>> 128mb. Will XP install and run in that? I anticipate much swapping to
>> disk.

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Dave B - 31 Mar 2006 14:54 GMT

Also, make sure you reset the swap file after installing the new RAM. During
install, XP manually sets the swapfile size, if you add more RAM you need to
increase it or set it to auto.

> Ed;
> You got it correct.
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>>> 128mb. Will XP install and run in that? I anticipate much swapping to
>>> disk.

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Ken Blake, MVP - 31 Mar 2006 03:37 GMT

> I'll be installing XP Home on a friend's computer this weekend, but
> the 512mb memory I ordered won't get there until I'm about to leave.
> She has 128mb. Will XP install and run in that?

Yes.

> I anticipate much swapping to disk.

Yes, it will be slow, for that reason.

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Ron Martell - 01 Apr 2006 00:12 GMT

>I'll be installing XP Home on a friend's computer this weekend, but the
>512mb memory I ordered won't get there until I'm about to leave. She has
>128mb. Will XP install and run in that? I anticipate much swapping to disk.
>
>Thanks.

A more appropriate description would be to say that Windows XP will
"walk very very slowly" on a computer with 128 mb of RAM. But it
should install and boot up okay, given enough time.

When you do get the 512 mb in place it will seem like you actually
installed a rocket inside the computer.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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