On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 12:00:38 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:23:52 -0400, Ralph Mowery
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In article , says...

Well , if it's gotta be a clean install I might as well start
off with a clean hdd ... and I have a new 320 WD on hand for it .
The Plan is to bump this mobo ( Asus M2A-VM) to the max 8 Gb RAM
with 4 x 2 Gb sticks , switch to a Phenom X4 2.3 Ghz processor and
update the BIOS . I just built one on an Asrock N68C-GS4 FX with a
1.8 Phenom/4Gb/32 bit and an hdd that already had XP Pro loaded and
it seems significantly faster than this 2.6 dual core Athlon . That
one is going to my shop to replace the one that died recently . All
but that last one are boxes that are older than 10 years , with no
significant upgrades since they were built . It's not that this one
won't do the job , it just isn't fast enough any more with the more
graphic/data intense web sites . It's just the same as your "stuff"
expanding to fill all available space , as capability increases
they will expand to use it . Oh , and I've got a couple of 1T
drives for storage , seemed like I needed the space for my "stuff"
...

If you are going to go to all that, you may be better off going to
ebay and buying a whole computer. Get one with a faster processor
and more memory and win 10 already on it.
I have not checked lately, but about a year ago I wanted to get the
win 10 for free, so bought a computer with win 7 pro on it and
upgraded to win 10. Now the free upgrade is out of date, you should
be able to fine a computer with win 10 already on it. If you want
to stay with XP you can probably find a fast xp computer. Eithe way
will probably be less than $ 150.



That was my first thought ..
.. buy a $ 99. desktop Canadian dollars !
with Win 10 Pro 64 bit - here's just one example ..

http://www.eco-techrecycling.com/pcsales.php

John T.

What y'all are not understanding is that I don't want W10 , I wish to stay
with XP Pro . I MIGHT consider going to 64 bit W7 Pro , but nothing newer .
I have on hand a 64 bit Vista copy , but Vista was such a dog ... and a
copy of XP Pro 64 bit is on it's way , should arrive today .
I hear ya - but XP is a DOG compared to 10, and 64 bit, in your case,
isn't going to buy you ANYTHING..
All 64 bit will do is make half your hardware not work if it is older
stuff - scanners, printers, TV Tuners - all kinds of stuff doesn't
work on 64 bit. At trhe VERY least, update to Win7-32 Pro.. Internet
Explorer 11 is a HUGE improvement over 8 - and comes with Win7. It
comes with Win10 too.

I wouldn't go back to 7 again for my own computer, although 2 of my
big customers are almost exclusively Win 7. One still has some XP
machines on the shop floor, but as they die we are replacing with
Win7. HUGE improvement - and 10 is noticeably better yet, once you
get used to the different interface.

Do yourself a BIG favor - and DUMP the XP64 in favor of 7-32.

7 makes a lot better use of resources than XP - and 10 does even
better - boot times are quicker, for starters.