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Vchat20

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Is it possible to boot from a USB Hard Drive at all? cuz I have a 3GB Hard Drive in my PC right now. But my cousin just bought me a 60GB USB Hard Drive ( BusLink ) , as an early xmas present. I want to switch to 2K. Would it be possible to boot from the 60GB?

P.S. from my system specs (below) would my system be able to handle 2K?

333MHZ Celeron
160MB RAM
3GB HD ( C )
60GB HD ( D )
CD-ROM ( E )
4MB ATI AGP Graphics
onboard SB audio
 

Niggy G

HTAFC will rise again!!!
It will handle 2K because I used to run it on a P2 350 / 256mb RAM, although your specs are a little worse it will still run it.

I'm not sure about your other question but im sure it must be possible!

P.S, Merry Xmas :holiday:
 
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oh, and one more note, it requires a driver off of the cd that came with it and i cant access it from DOS for some reason. So that might rule it out. how much HD space does 2K need?
 

Niggy G

HTAFC will rise again!!!
It needs no more than 400mb although you can use less if you uncheck some of the unnecessary things when installing it.

You should be able to access your CD drive from dos (once i'd formated my HD), i used a boot disk that gave me the option too 'Reboot with cd-rom support' or somthing like that.

could someone post instructions of how to make one of these boot disks because i don't know how, i just used a mates.

P.S, Merry xmas... again :holiday:
 
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Vchat20

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well, if it only uses 400MB, then I dont have to worry about booting from the USB drive. now another question:

I have The beta test of The Sims Online and am planning on getting the retail when it comes out. It runs pretty slow now as it is, I can usually only have 5 people max at the lot im at before it will go slow. So, will 2K make it even slower or what?
 

Niggy G

HTAFC will rise again!!!
I don't see why it would run slower....my guess is you won't notice a difference.

If you going to install 2k i would reccomend you stick another 256 or 128 of RAM in.

At the momnet they're cheap in the UK (£25, £35). Don't know about US though.

P.S.
:) Why am i in a good mood?? :) Ive got to write two newspaper articles before tomorrow morning. :-" Never mind
 
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Vchat20

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yeah right. you gonna help pay? Im lucky that I have 160MB RAM. If my mom didnt buy me a 128MB stick of ram last xmas, I would still be back @ 32MB. And luckily I have a cousin who makes around $55K a year that he could buy me the new Hard Drive I have now. I dont have jack squat on me. Notta, Nine, zip!. And my mom is having hard enough times as it is trying to keep bills paid up. Only time she can usually let me upgrade this thing myself is with her income tax money, and then I usually cant do a whole lot, cuz she uses most of that money to get caught up on bills. So, you see why im stuck with this $#$%@! Computer?
 

Cyberman

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Vchat20 said:
yeah right. you gonna help pay? Im lucky that I have 160MB RAM. If my mom didnt buy me a 128MB stick of ram last xmas, I would still be back @ 32MB. And luckily I have a cousin who makes around $55K a year that he could buy me the new Hard Drive I have now. I dont have jack squat on me. Notta, Nine, zip!. And my mom is having hard enough times as it is trying to keep bills paid up. Only time she can usually let me upgrade this thing myself is with her income tax money, and then I usually cant do a whole lot, cuz she uses most of that money to get caught up on bills. So, you see why im stuck with this $#$%@! Computer?

Yes these days stink.. however you can't boot from a USB drive because of the way the computers boot up. USB requires enumeration and an OS to handle this. After enumeration then it might be possible to boot up. However reality is not likely. USB is pretty complicated and requires a bit more than just a bios to boot.

As for putting win2K on your machine, what version of windows are you running currently?

Cyb
 
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Vchat20

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I am running 98 SE, but from what the guy said earlier, I will just install 2K on my primary HD. (If I ever get 2K).

BTW, How much more stable is 2K than 98SE? Im just wondering.
 
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Vchat20

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CpU MasteR said:
There is still one that scares me...

IRQ_NOT_LESS_BUT_EQUAL

>_<

What is that supposed to mean? That IRQ problems happen more in 2K than 98?
 

CpU MasteR

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Vchat20 said:
What is that supposed to mean? That IRQ problems happen more in 2K than 98?

No, Its a blue screen for XP... It rarely appears only if there are sharing IRQs that conflict each other...
 
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Vchat20

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Oh. Well I dont think I will be having that problem.

P.S. How much does 2K usually run? (upgrade). Cuz I checked at Staples today and it went for $200, and XP went for $100. Any other prices people have come up with?
 

BTM

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why not instal win2k on your 3gb hd ?
use it for system - cuz (any) windows can get BIG :>
and use the 60gb hd for evertyhing else ?
 

chrisfbt1

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they should be about the same price anywhere

as for upgrading your pc parts are sooooo!!! cheap i built the computer i'm using now for about $200 bucks and it kicks ass compared to my old k63 400mhz
 
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Vchat20

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Well, if Im gonna upgrade it is probably going to be to a mobo/cpu combo (as long as it has onboard video and audio, cuz the on'es I have now are part of my mobo). And for the price of 2K, since it is $200, im gonna have to wait a while.

P.S. Anyone know how hard it is to fix 2K if it crashes? Im just wondering. Wanna know how hard it is.
 

nycbeatatl

Lives in ATL, longs for NYC.
yeah right. you gonna help pay? Im lucky that I have 160MB RAM. If my mom didnt buy me a 128MB stick of ram last xmas, I would still be back @ 32MB. And luckily I have a cousin who makes around $55K a year that he could buy me the new Hard Drive I have now. I dont have jack squat on me. Notta, Nine, zip!. And my mom is having hard enough times as it is trying to keep bills paid up. Only time she can usually let me upgrade this thing myself is with her income tax money, and then I usually cant do a whole lot, cuz she uses most of that money to get caught up on bills. So, you see why im stuck with this $#$%@! Computer?
I am sincerely sorry about your troubles.
Here is a smiley for ya! :D
 

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