Old Dell Optiplex GX1 400L Intel pentium 2, 400mhz.

Works with a 7gb HD running XP.
I'm trying to put an 80gb HD in ( all fdisked,formatted- no OS ) - but i keep getting "largest executable program size 442,368 ".Not enough Himem?

Any ideas, or is it just too big for this ancient pc? ( it's just a testbed pc )

Cheers, Dave.

how much RAM have you got?

when you put the 80Gb hard drive have you tried to boot from a XP disc?

the line largest executable program size 442,368 ".Not enough Himem is a win 98 problem

have a look here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q289727/

it's WIN98 STARTUP FLOPPY + CD.Was trying that,then overwrite with XP.
160mb ram.
I've put XP disks in, what do i type at the A:\ prompt now?

Thanks.

can you set the BIOS to boot fron CD?

is XP the full version or upgrade?

it's set to 'boot from cd', but i have to keep the floppy in, or i get disk I/O error replace the disk and press any key,
which boots me to A:\
Yup, it's a full version XP Pro

is boot from CD first choice in the bIOS?

aye

when the prompt comes up can you change it to D:\ (or whatever your CD is)

no, just a: or c: . D: + E: are invalid drive spec

is the hard drive recognised in the BIOS?

is the hard drive any good?

according to M$

Windows Setup requires the largest executable program size to be at least x,xxx,xxx bytes

This issue can occur in the following scenarios: • The amount of space on the hard disk has been reported incorrectly.
• You installed drive overlay software, but you did not follow the correct installation sequence. For example, you may have to press the SHIFT key or use a similar keystroke combination to start your computer when you use a disk.
• The computer has a virus.
• The computer has failing or faulty hardware.