Magic to put win2K on a 450 mhz P2?

pengyou · 04-21-2009, 11:52 PM

I want to install windows 2000 on a compaq 450 mhz pentium 2 with 384 MB of ram. Do I need to do anything special to make it work?

**blah789** · 04-24-2009, 09:18 AM

When I first tried Windows 2000 I put it on an AMD K6-2 500 with 96MB of RAM, so your specs are pretty close processor-wise and better memory-wise. I'd get the drivers beforehand if I could, particularly the network or modem ones (that way you can get the rest). Beyond that just get SP4, SP4 rollup, IE6 SP1, WMP9, Windows Installer 3.1, all updates, a popup blocker, a firewall, antivirus, and antispyware, and you should be good to go.

Read my post here:
Looking To Downgrade To 2000
for more details (like enabling LBA if you're using a hard drive over 128GB).

04-21-2009, 11:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
pengyou Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 152 OS: xp & 98	Magic to put win2K on a 450 mhz P2? I want to install windows 2000 on a compaq 450 mhz pentium 2 with 384 MB of ram. Do I need to do anything special to make it work?

04-24-2009, 09:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,293 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Magic to put win2K on a 450 mhz P2? When I first tried Windows 2000 I put it on an AMD K6-2 500 with 96MB of RAM, so your specs are pretty close processor-wise and better memory-wise. I'd get the drivers beforehand if I could, particularly the network or modem ones (that way you can get the rest). Beyond that just get SP4, SP4 rollup, IE6 SP1, WMP9, Windows Installer 3.1, all updates, a popup blocker, a firewall, antivirus, and antispyware, and you should be good to go. Read my post here: Looking To Downgrade To 2000 for more details (like enabling LBA if you're using a hard drive over 128GB).