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  #16  
Old November 20th 09, 06:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Klaus Jorgensen[_2_]
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

John Callaway formulated the question :
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:03:02 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

John Callaway wrote:
How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.



The most a 32 bit version of Windows can have is 4 GB. That said it is
unlikely that you'll ever see more that 3.2 GB of free memory. This is
because all of your devices attached to your PC take up memory address
spaces for things they need to work (i.e. drivers, etc).


OK. I get it. I'll only get 3 gig for ram.


Use the remaining 5Gb as a RAM drive for temporary files etc.
http://www.trap17.com/index.php/4gb-...ts_t67548.html

--
/klaus


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  #17  
Old November 20th 09, 06:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Klaus Jorgensen[_2_]
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

John Callaway formulated the question :
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:03:02 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

John Callaway wrote:
How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.



The most a 32 bit version of Windows can have is 4 GB. That said it is
unlikely that you'll ever see more that 3.2 GB of free memory. This is
because all of your devices attached to your PC take up memory address
spaces for things they need to work (i.e. drivers, etc).


OK. I get it. I'll only get 3 gig for ram.


Use the remaining 5Gb as a RAM drive for temporary files etc.
http://www.trap17.com/index.php/4gb-...ts_t67548.html

--
/klaus


  #18  
Old December 5th 09, 04:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Victor Haberkorn
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

On 2009-11-17 07:54:18 -0200, John Callaway said:

How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.

JPC


32 bits' OS only suport 3,25 Gig. More than that you have to install a 64 bits.

  #19  
Old December 5th 09, 04:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Victor Haberkorn
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

On 2009-11-17 07:54:18 -0200, John Callaway said:

How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.

JPC


32 bits' OS only suport 3,25 Gig. More than that you have to install a 64 bits.

  #20  
Old December 5th 09, 05:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:49:31 -0200, Victor Haberkorn wrote:

On 2009-11-17 07:54:18 -0200, John Callaway said:

How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.

JPC


32 bits' OS only suport 3,25 Gig.



Sorry, that's not correct. The number is variable. Here's the way it
works:

All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.


More than that you have to install a 64 bits.


--
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  #21  
Old December 5th 09, 05:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:49:31 -0200, Victor Haberkorn wrote:

On 2009-11-17 07:54:18 -0200, John Callaway said:

How much memory can XP 32 bit OS handle? I want to have Dell build a
dual boot Laptop with both Windows 7 OS & XP 32 bit OS on it. I would
like to have 8 Gig of ram if it XP 32 will handle it.

JPC


32 bits' OS only suport 3,25 Gig.



Sorry, that's not correct. The number is variable. Here's the way it
works:

All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.


More than that you have to install a 64 bits.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #22  
Old December 6th 09, 12:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default XP 32 bit Memory

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.

[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Odds are, the phrase "It's none of my business" will be followed by "but".
  #23  
Old December 6th 09, 12:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Posts: 5,291
Default XP 32 bit Memory

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.

[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Odds are, the phrase "It's none of my business" will be followed by "but".
  #24  
Old December 6th 09, 03:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
John Callaway
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Posts: 85
Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0400, John John - MVP
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.

[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.


That won't happen on NT operating systems, the kernel will simply not
allow it.

John



Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?

John P. Callaway
  #25  
Old December 6th 09, 03:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
John Callaway
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Posts: 85
Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0400, John John - MVP
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.

[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.


That won't happen on NT operating systems, the kernel will simply not
allow it.

John



Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?

John P. Callaway
  #26  
Old December 6th 09, 04:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,402
Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:42:58 -0500, John Callaway
wrote:

Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?



Sorry, although I'd like to help if I could, I've never had any
interest in dual-booting and know next to nothing about it.

Perhaps someone else here can answer your question.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #27  
Old December 6th 09, 04:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,402
Default XP 32 bit Memory

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:42:58 -0500, John Callaway
wrote:

Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?



Sorry, although I'd like to help if I could, I've never had any
interest in dual-booting and know next to nothing about it.

Perhaps someone else here can answer your question.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #28  
Old December 7th 09, 01:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default XP 32 bit Memory

Absolutely no need for "3rd-party boot loaders" as Win7 will easily cope with
multi-booting Windows NT-based OSs (although, personally, I have had some problems
getting the NT bootloader to boot MS-DOS-based Windows...).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"John Callaway" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0400, John John - MVP
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.
[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.


That won't happen on NT operating systems, the kernel will simply not
allow it.

John



Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?

John P. Callaway


  #29  
Old December 7th 09, 01:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,995
Default XP 32 bit Memory

Absolutely no need for "3rd-party boot loaders" as Win7 will easily cope with
multi-booting Windows NT-based OSs (although, personally, I have had some problems
getting the NT bootloader to boot MS-DOS-based Windows...).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"John Callaway" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0400, John John - MVP
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.
[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.


That won't happen on NT operating systems, the kernel will simply not
allow it.

John



Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?

John P. Callaway


  #30  
Old December 7th 09, 09:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
J. P. Gilliver (John)
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,291
Default XP 32 bit Memory

In message , Tim Meddick
writes:
Absolutely no need for "3rd-party boot loaders" as Win7 will easily
cope with multi-booting Windows NT-based OSs (although, personally, I
have had some problems getting the NT bootloader to boot MS-DOS-based
Windows...).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

I wasn't talking about boot loaders, but memory managers. (Which John
says won't happen.)



"John Callaway" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0400, John John - MVP
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
[]
All 32-bit client versions of Windows (not just Vista/XP/7) have a 4GB
address space (64-bit versions can use much more). That's the
theoretical upper limit beyond which you can not go.

But you can't use the entire 4GB of address space. Even though you
have a 4GB address space, you can only use *around* 3.1GB of RAM.
That's because some of that space is used by hardware and is not
available to the operating system and applications. The amount you can
use varies, depending on what hardware you have installed, but can
range from as little as 2GB to as much as 3.5GB. It's usually around
3.1GB.

Note that the hardware is using the address *space*, not the actual
RAM itself. If you have a greater amount of RAM, the rest of the RAM
goes unused because there is no address space to map it to.
[]
Since the hardware presumably doesn't need much, presumably the RAM
_beyond_ the hardware address _could_ be used, if someone were to write
a suitable "memory manager" (as used to be done in the early days of DOS
to get round the "640k" limit (and even a little around 1M, IIRR).
Unless the hardware uses incomplete address decoding, that is.

If such a manager were to be written, of course, only software that knew
about it could use it (like DOS software that either knew about being
"loaded high" or didn't), so there probably would be insufficient
usefulness for it to be worth anybody's while, since software houses
would be unlikely to cater for it.

That won't happen on NT operating systems, the kernel will simply not
allow it.

John



Ken Blake,
I do appreciate all the info on this matter. I recently
purchased a Dell laptop with W7 OS. I could not install some older
programs on it, so I tried to install XP 32 bit OS on a partition
that I resized with W7. The CD/DVD drive would not fully load the
install disc. I returned the computer. I have since done some research
and found out that if I have XP 32 Bit OS on the computer and then
load W 7 on it, it seems to go better. So I intend to buy another Dell
with W 7 OS, then resize the partition, making room for XP 32 bit OS
on the other partition. I will then Ghost the W 7 partition using
Norton. I will then load XP 32 bit OS over the W 7 OS providing the
CD/DVD will read the XP install disc. Then Ghost the W 7 OS on the
other partition. I have downloaded EasyBC boot loader utility to have
the option to dual boot to which OS I want on boot up.
Ken, am I on the right track?

John P. Callaway



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