The size of 98

ecchi · 2012-10-29, 05:50 AM

Anyone know how much memory Windows 98 needs?

I am trying to move a drive with Windows 98 on it from a defunct old computer to a working old computer. The computer was running Windows XP happily on half a gig of memory. I have since tripled the memory to one and a half gigs, but I still get a "insufficient memory to run Windows" error on bootup. I don't want to spend too much money on improving the system as I only need it for a couple of programs that won't run on later versions of Windows. And it is not a case of adding more memory then testing it and going back for more if necessary, because the system is so old I can only get suitable RAM from a guy at a computer fair who specialises in old memory, and the fair only happens twice a month. So can anyone tell me in advance of the next fair how much memory I gotta buy?

2012-10-29, 05:50 AM	#1
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	The size of 98 Anyone know how much memory Windows 98 needs? I am trying to move a drive with Windows 98 on it from a defunct old computer to a working old computer. The computer was running Windows XP happily on half a gig of memory. I have since tripled the memory to one and a half gigs, but I still get a "insufficient memory to run Windows" error on bootup. I don't want to spend too much money on improving the system as I only need it for a couple of programs that won't run on later versions of Windows. And it is not a case of adding more memory then testing it and going back for more if necessary, because the system is so old I can only get suitable RAM from a guy at a computer fair who specialises in old memory, and the fair only happens twice a month. So can anyone tell me in advance of the next fair how much memory I gotta buy?