Hi,
my current System is a Vista 64 machine with 8 gigs of ram.
I am planning to install 32 bit XP on another Partition on the same machine
Now I have heard that 32 bit XP might produce severe errors with 8 gigs of ram installed.
One of the possible problems I have heard of are random HD write errors which will lead to heavy data loss while others say that XP32 doesn't care about how much ram is installed it will only use as much as it can handle and completely ignore anything above it's limits.
Does anoyone know FOR SURE if it is save to run XP32 on a 8 gig (or more) machine.
Or about a possibility to avoid possible problems. (except pulling out the ram manually each time I boot 32 bit )
my current System is a Vista 64 machine with 8 gigs of ram.
I am planning to install 32 bit XP on another Partition on the same machine
Now I have heard that 32 bit XP might produce severe errors with 8 gigs of ram installed.
One of the possible problems I have heard of are random HD write errors which will lead to heavy data loss while others say that XP32 doesn't care about how much ram is installed it will only use as much as it can handle and completely ignore anything above it's limits.
Does anoyone know FOR SURE if it is save to run XP32 on a 8 gig (or more) machine.
Or about a possibility to avoid possible problems. (except pulling out the ram manually each time I boot 32 bit )