Let me begin by thanking in advance for taking the time to reply.
-system= aptiva 2171, 256ram/100mhz; 13gb hdd, current OS/W98....cable internet connection...going to be 2nd system for family in home.
-making upgrades to maximize operation at little/no cost....trying to save money to purchase new system in month/or so...
-i have upgraded ram to 256. IT Guys in my office will load XP-Pro and Office for me...I will see if they have WIN2000...at recc of some of you all...
-do you recommend dual partitioning...maybe (2GB)-master for OS and remainder for Data+Programs on a HDD this size ?
-? do I have to label each drive what it currently is labeled? (for example) floppy = A, hard disk = C, and my CD = G...what happended to B, D, and E? where do I look to see? wouldn't my second partition be labeled as one of those?
-also, I will be doing a clean install of new OS and it's been recommended to do wiping out of hard-drive....I have a boot disk...made from my current WIN98...
-it's been suggested I execute the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.com procedures to accomplish all this...does that sound about right, I have fairly detailed instructions...any other suggestions...really want to clean up HDD and get maximum efficiency for this old system. Thank You.
-system= aptiva 2171, 256ram/100mhz; 13gb hdd, current OS/W98....cable internet connection...going to be 2nd system for family in home.
-making upgrades to maximize operation at little/no cost....trying to save money to purchase new system in month/or so...
-i have upgraded ram to 256. IT Guys in my office will load XP-Pro and Office for me...I will see if they have WIN2000...at recc of some of you all...
-do you recommend dual partitioning...maybe (2GB)-master for OS and remainder for Data+Programs on a HDD this size ?
-? do I have to label each drive what it currently is labeled? (for example) floppy = A, hard disk = C, and my CD = G...what happended to B, D, and E? where do I look to see? wouldn't my second partition be labeled as one of those?
-also, I will be doing a clean install of new OS and it's been recommended to do wiping out of hard-drive....I have a boot disk...made from my current WIN98...
-it's been suggested I execute the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.com procedures to accomplish all this...does that sound about right, I have fairly detailed instructions...any other suggestions...really want to clean up HDD and get maximum efficiency for this old system. Thank You.