- Win 95 to 98 or XP
- Posted by Robby H on September 1st, 2003
I,d like to find out how I can upgrade from Win 95 to
either Win 98 or XP, I have tried to upgrade to XP but
have found that this application won,t install as the set
up won,t let me upgrade. Can someone please help?
- Posted by Jeff Richards on September 1st, 2003
You can upgrade from W95 to W98 using the retail upgrade or retail full
versions of W98. You cannot upgrade from W95 to XP, although there are some
utilities available with XP that allow you to retain some of your W95
settings when you install XP.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98
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- Posted by who me? on September 1st, 2003
Make sure your hardware has the capacity to handle XP. I would not expect
an older computer, one designed for 95, could handle XP
There is software, free from MS, that will test your system, but it is a
very - very large download (30 megs). So in short,
The practical minimums for Win XP would be a CPU of at least 800 MHz, 256
Megs of RAM, a 10 GB harddrive. If you try it will less than these, you
will be very disappointed with the performance.
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- Posted by Ken on October 22nd, 2003
Is it possible to upgrade the processor to meet the
needs of XP or do I have to reformat the system and start
from scratch? I have a very dependable Windows 95, 233mhz
system and I really don't like to mess up things that work
fine. I am being forced to upgrade because new software
won't work with my W95 system.
Ken
- Posted by Haggis on October 22nd, 2003
doubtfull that you could upgrade your 233 system much further ...I would not
recommend installing XP on anything less that a 350mhz machine...and even on
that , its sluggish...
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- Posted by Derek Nicholson on October 25th, 2003
Ken,
Many years ago I had a computer with a clock speed of 333 MHz,
operating with Windows 3.1. When I tried to upgrade to Windows 95 I
found that the speed of operation had been considerably reduced. Even
if it is possible, I dread to even think about running a 233MHz
computer with Windows XP.
Derek
"Ken" <kfortier@carnival.com> wrote in message
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| Is it possible to upgrade the processor to meet the
| needs of XP or do I have to reformat the system and start
| from scratch? I have a very dependable Windows 95, 233mhz
| system and I really don't like to mess up things that work
| fine. I am being forced to upgrade because new software
| won't work with my W95 system.
|
| Ken
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Make sure your hardware has the capacity to handle XP.
| I would not expect
| >an older computer, one designed for 95, could handle XP
| >There is software, free from MS, that will test your
| system, but it is a
| >very - very large download (30 megs). So in short,
| >The practical minimums for Win XP would be a CPU of at
| least 800 MHz, 256
| >Megs of RAM, a 10 GB harddrive. If you try it will less
| than these, you
| >will be very disappointed with the performance.
| >
| >"Jack Marks" <QuasiJack@Comcast.Net> wrote in message
| >news:OloUgfIcDHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| >> If I bought a new copy of Windows XP, could I install
| it on an old
| >computer
| >> that was running Windows 95?
| >> "Jeff Richards" <JRichard@msn.com.au> wrote in message
| >> news:egJRMpFcDHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| >> > You can upgrade from W95 to W98 using the retail
| upgrade or retail full
| >> > versions of W98. You cannot upgrade from W95 to XP,
| although there are
| >> some
| >> > utilities available with XP that allow you to retain
| some of your W95
| >> > settings when you install XP.
| >> > --
| >> > Jeff Richards
| >> > MS MVP W95/W98
| >> >
| >> > "Robby H" <Robbyh34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| >> > news:045e01c37058$0c165910$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >> > > I,d like to find out how I can upgrade from Win 95
| to
| >> > > either Win 98 or XP, I have tried to upgrade to XP
| but
| >> > > have found that this application won,t install as
| the set
| >> > > up won,t let me upgrade. Can someone please help?
| >> >
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
| >.
| >
- Posted by Derek Nicholson on October 25th, 2003
That should read 33 not 333 MHz.
Derek
"Derek Nicholson" <old.nick@hotmalil.com> wrote in message
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| Ken,
| Many years ago I had a computer with a clock speed of 333 MHz,
| operating with Windows 3.1. When I tried to upgrade to Windows 95 I
| found that the speed of operation had been considerably reduced.
Even
| if it is possible, I dread to even think about running a 233MHz
| computer with Windows XP.
| Derek
|
| "Ken" <kfortier@carnival.com> wrote in message
| news:028901c398bd$2f2bb3e0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| | Is it possible to upgrade the processor to meet the
| | needs of XP or do I have to reformat the system and start
| | from scratch? I have a very dependable Windows 95, 233mhz
| | system and I really don't like to mess up things that work
| | fine. I am being forced to upgrade because new software
| | won't work with my W95 system.
| |
| | Ken
| | >-----Original Message-----
| | >Make sure your hardware has the capacity to handle XP.
| | I would not expect
| | >an older computer, one designed for 95, could handle XP
| | >There is software, free from MS, that will test your
| | system, but it is a
| | >very - very large download (30 megs). So in short,
| | >The practical minimums for Win XP would be a CPU of at
| | least 800 MHz, 256
| | >Megs of RAM, a 10 GB harddrive. If you try it will less
| | than these, you
| | >will be very disappointed with the performance.
| | >
| | >"Jack Marks" <QuasiJack@Comcast.Net> wrote in message
| | >news:OloUgfIcDHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| | >> If I bought a new copy of Windows XP, could I install
| | it on an old
| | >computer
| | >> that was running Windows 95?
| | >> "Jeff Richards" <JRichard@msn.com.au> wrote in message
| | >> news:egJRMpFcDHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| | >> > You can upgrade from W95 to W98 using the retail
| | upgrade or retail full
| | >> > versions of W98. You cannot upgrade from W95 to XP,
| | although there are
| | >> some
| | >> > utilities available with XP that allow you to retain
| | some of your W95
| | >> > settings when you install XP.
| | >> > --
| | >> > Jeff Richards
| | >> > MS MVP W95/W98
| | >> >
| | >> > "Robby H" <Robbyh34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| | >> > news:045e01c37058$0c165910$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| | >> > > I,d like to find out how I can upgrade from Win 95
| | to
| | >> > > either Win 98 or XP, I have tried to upgrade to XP
| | but
| | >> > > have found that this application won,t install as
| | the set
| | >> > > up won,t let me upgrade. Can someone please help?
| | >> >
| | >>
| | >>
| | >
| | >
| | >.
| | >
|
|
