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Originally Posted by Jimmiet  I aquired an older tower ( GateWay 2000 and I want to rebuild it ) that still has winz98. It won't let me install 98se or XP so I think it's just too old. It's a tall tower and I need suggestions on where to start! |
Hey, First check how much memory the PC has, for xp you need at least 512MB of RAM to work good, make sure the CD ROM is working properly. What kind of CPU it has? how about the hardrive how big is it.
1. Get more memory
2. Check CD ROM if is reading good, if not get a new one "IDE"
3. Check the hard drive space. Get one a least 20GB and up of storage
4. check processor (i had xp working in a Pentium II 450MHz)
5. You need to boot the xp cd from the BIOS, go to the bios setting go to boot oder and make sure the cd rom is set as first boot.
6. you need to format the hardrive as NTFS on the setup. NTFS=more than 30 GB of hard disk space, FAT32= 30 GB or less of hard disk space.
P.S most important thing "MEMORY" RAM.
good luck