i got a rather old system that im trying to get running decently for a friend, its a P 2 - 350 mhz with 256 mb ram, ive installed XP on it and it runs decently but i got several problems with it -
- one being that the onbaord video has no direct x drivers for XP [only 98]
-and two is that both of the hard drives are PIO only, both drives are 2 gig and i think that is what slows XP down alot.
So im figuring that going to win 98 would be a good choice, but before i do it i want to make sure of a few things -
- would 98 be faster than XP using PIO mode drives [xp takes 4 min to boot] ?
- and what is the most stable version of 98, ive heard of a 98 lite and a 98 SE aswell as regular 98...i hear different things on each but i just want the most stable version.
thanks ahead of time
- one being that the onbaord video has no direct x drivers for XP [only 98]
-and two is that both of the hard drives are PIO only, both drives are 2 gig and i think that is what slows XP down alot.
So im figuring that going to win 98 would be a good choice, but before i do it i want to make sure of a few things -
- would 98 be faster than XP using PIO mode drives [xp takes 4 min to boot] ?
- and what is the most stable version of 98, ive heard of a 98 lite and a 98 SE aswell as regular 98...i hear different things on each but i just want the most stable version.
thanks ahead of time