KenK wrote:
Shadow wrote in
:
On 2 Jan 2018 16:39:39 GMT, KenK wrote:
I have an old Compaq Presario 5000 running XP I got as a gift. It did
not include the XP install disk.
Specs ?
Download Speccy portable
https://www.piriform.com/speccy/builds
And tell us what it says.
RAM could be anything from 64MB to 1GB, CPU from a 600 Celeron
to a 1.6 Pentium ....
Video will also impact performance.
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My Computer sez:
Internal C - 133G
Internal D - 17G
Extenal G - 1 T
Oddly, My Computer in this system only provides drive info. System in
Control Panel sez:
Speed 1.59 GHz
512 MB RAM
XP Home Version 2002
I think if you added another 512 MB you'd be fine even with XP (with a 1.6
GHz CPU), and wouldn't have to go to Linux, unless you really wanted to (but
why?). I also found it curious that D: was only 17GB. I wonder why it's
that low (or maybe its just the partition size, and not a separate HD)?