Windows XP

Did you read the upgrade detail of WINXP if your computer can run it? I believe it needs 128 mb, which you have, but you don't have any extra to open up other programs. Your 128 mb is being eaten by XP alone. Your DVD/CD drive is there, but you needsoftware to run it on XP. You could have consulted TechRepublic before going into the upgrade. A lot of people here can give you very good advice. For now, go back to your WinME until you are ready for XP. Get more RAM and all the drivers you need for XP, and then do the upgrade.

Your system should run XP fine. I have it installed on a Pent II 350 with 128mb ram and it rips. I was really surprised how fast it runs. The install went with no problems. I checked for compatibilty first. The only thing that wouldn't work with XP was the ISA slot network card. It was time to get rid of that anyway.

Does the device manager show problems i.e. yellow exclaimation marks etc. If the CDROM isn't coming up then that's possibly what may be slowing it down too. Did you get the drivers for the MB or did XP allready have them? You didn't mention anything about going into the BIOS but is the secondary IDE controller enabled? Make sure the DVD is getting power, does the tray open and close. It may just be a coincidence that thedrive has failed. Try swapping the connections with the other CDROM in the PC.

Here is a copy of a post in the Win2K area

"Windows 2000 startup problems
I have a Dell system running Win2K: 667Mhz, 128 MB of RAM, 9 gig hard drive. The problem is that it takes forever to startup, 5 minutes or longer and when Windows does load, the programs take long to execute. I have reinstalled, reformatted and reinstalled and defragment but the problem still persists. Is this a problem with startup files or is a device going bad?
From: cmlewis74@yahoo.com

The answer was from"Help Desk Analyst"
"Some dells are BIOS locked and if you bought yours and it came with a resource cd but you used a diff windows cd then of course you will have this problem. You need to use the version of windows that came with your BIOS locked system.... This is why OEM systems are so cheap.

But now the above was only an assumption why you system is slow. Other reason why it is slow?

A. CPU fan died..
B. Virus
C. Dust inside.
D. Static discharge damage.
E. certian lower level system drivers not installed or not installed properly.
F. wrong type or speed of ram in the computer.
G. Bad or failing hard drive.

Inachu
http://inachu.tripod.com

From: Help Desk Analyst"

I think HP uses the same locks as Dell does. If this helps please note I did not write this solution and do not want the points. If it is the fix you should contact Help Desk Analyst and give him the points.

It's possible that the problem here is coincidence. I dont know how long you have had the computer, but i have two possible solutions. Number one you need to check with the compatibility list at microsoft to see if the dvd/cd drivers are compatible with the XP operating system, but I recently experieced a dissapearing drive problem, the dvd and the cd-r would just dissapear after boot up, Try replacing the power supply unit it worked for me , and it is a known issue in dissapearing drives.

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