Re: help How do i down grade xp to ME

That model likely uses RDRAM (Rambus) memory.  If you need more, the 
only good source at a reasonable price is used memory on E-Bay.


Bill Eitner wrote:
> jan wrote:
>> WIN me works better on my dell 8100 .
>>
>>  so how do i do a fresh restart / install for Win ME do i hit the F2 
>> key ????
> 
>     Put the disk in.
> 
>     If it doesn't start by itself, open my computer or
>     windows explorer, go the the drive where the disk
>     is, run setup.exe and follow the instructions.
> 
>     You might want to try Windows 2000 first.  Or,
>     look into optimizing XP.  There's a lot that can
>     be done.
> 
>     I just went to the Dell site and looked up the
>     Dimension 8100.  It says it's a Pentium 4 running
>     at 1.3 to 2.0 GHz with 128 MB to 2 GB of RAM.
>     As long as there's a decent amount of RAM,
>     XP should run fine.  With enough RAM a Pentium III
>     box will run XP.  I'm writing this on a 900 MHz
>     Athlon (PIII equivalent) with 1 GB of RAM that runs
>     XP easily/responsively.  My last box had ME and it was
>     okay, but I like XP more.  If I had to downgrade, I'd
>     try 2000 first.  And if I had your box I'd figure out
>     what is slowing it down.  It's plenty powerful enough
>     to run XP properly.
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