Toshiba Satelite 1625CDT o/s replacement ideas needed

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Big T <pixfix4u@yahoo.com> wrote in comp.sys.laptops:

> Does anyone have any sound ideas on what I can replace my o/s with?
> The harddrive needs reformatting badly & the original Win98 SE disk
> can not be found. I do have access to Win 95,98,ME,2k pro & XP pro.
> But all of them are for desktops.I checked out the min. requirements
> needed for Win 2k and my Satelite 1625CDT meets them, but I'm not
> finding anything on the Toshiba web site that says it will work.Solid
> suggestions needed on what will and what won't work, thanks in
> advance.


Everything will work. I never heard of a different version of Windows
for desktops only or for laptops only. A PC is a PC, regardless of the
shape.

The most important thing to realize is that the newer the OS, the more
RAM and (less important) the more HD-space is required.

I installed WinXP pro on my S1730 with 64MB Ram and it turned into an
excruciatingly slow machine. I put 128MB extra in the slot (the maximum
for my model) and with 192MB RAM it does a reasonable job. Remember that
thjis old S0DIMM can be expensive.

Bare minimum RAM requirements for XP is 128MB really, and don't expect
too much. It will work though; there's no code in it preventing it to
run on your system.

If you have 32MB or 64MB, and don't want (or are not able to) upgrade
RAM, I would install Win98. You can still update 98 very well, as it's
still supported. WinMe is the most useless windows release this world
has ever seen. Donate the CD to the local bonfire (and complain
afterwards with Microsoft that their CD-Roms sdon't burn properly).

If you can attain enough RAM, go for XP instead of Win2K. Guessing from
your message you're not really into deep computing but just want it
to work quick and stable, and XP (if you have pro, why not) is easier in
that regard - especially in installing. Install - run.



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