First and foremost, what speed is your CPU? IIRC, the minimum supported CPU speed for Windows XP is at
least 333Mhz, although it is better if you have a CPU that's much faster than that. Having said that, my PC
runs a 350Mhz CPU with 512MB RAM, and overall, I very rarely experience any poor performance from my
own installation of Windows XP. Ideally if your CPU speed is lower than 500Mhz, I'd strongly recommend
having at the very least (to be realistic) 256MB RAM or more, installed on your system.
Meanwhile, it looks like it's copied some of the XP boot files, but as the install was cancelled, your system
does not know whether it's booting Windows ME or Windows XP. The NTLDR file is one of the main files
that your system will look for when it's starting up an NT based version of Windows, such as XP. This
also applies to earlier NT based versions of Windows such as Windows 2000 and NT4.0.
If your CPU is not fast quite enough for Windows XP, and you want to upgrade to an NT based version
of Windows, I recommend that you try Windows 2000. Bear in mind though, it's best not to do a direct
upgrade to Windows 2000/XP on top of Windows 98/ME, since any problems and/or bugs you might
have experienced in the older FAT32 based Windows could be carried over to the newer Windows.
My recommendation to anyone considering moving up from Windows 98/ME to 2000/XP should ideally
take the time to backup all of their most important documents and data, reformat the HDD, and then
do a "clean" installation of Windows 2000/XP. This way, you'll get a clean and stable installation of
the new OS, and should ensure the improved stability that you can get in Windows 2000/XP.
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so I cancelled setup now when I try to boot that PC it gets as far as the Me splash screen then it displays "CANNOT FIND NTLDR.EXE" or something similar. I have tried booting into the XP Home recovery console but to no avail. If anyone knows how to remmedy this error it would be greatly appriciated.
