Hello
I have an old pc and after the installation of Service Pack 2 ( windows XP) he cant start. He sticks at the progressbar. If I turn the power off and restart the PC he works. I can remove SP2 but than i will miss essential updates, can somebody tell me of i have a bios problem?
(p.s. there is no bios update available :'( )
Problems to start my pc
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Denniss
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How old is your computer and what motherboard/CPU is used ?
Depending on the power of your system it might take a while to install the SP2 - a lot of work has to be done after the first reboot.
Depending on the power of your system it might take a while to install the SP2 - a lot of work has to be done after the first reboot.
Here is all the pc information:
report made with aida 32: http://www.freewebs.com/rutje1/report.htm
Compaq pc specifications: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu ... =c00034153
I hope you can help me!
[EDIT= the pc hasn't 128 but 256 mb memory, check that aida report (report = dutch) ]
report made with aida 32: http://www.freewebs.com/rutje1/report.htm
Compaq pc specifications: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu ... =c00034153
I hope you can help me!
[EDIT= the pc hasn't 128 but 256 mb memory, check that aida report (report = dutch) ]
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edwin
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If you go SP2, put in 512MB or its "brood en koffie mee" to even start windows. Although you can run it, it will be sluggish. If you want to do some real work with it beyond browsing and typing a letter in a word processor, 768 or 1Gbyte is really recommended...
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