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Can I use my WinME computer to do the upgrade?

April 26, 2017Computer upgrade winme

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Can I use my WinME computer to do the upgrade?

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Yes. Use this procedure (the Linux boot floppy method) • Can I do an upgrade without having a source disk? Yes. Use this procedure (Mikeyboy’s disk image restore procedure) • What hard drive can I use? Any current IDE disk drive larger than 400MB will work. Most upgraders have used Maxtor drives because Maxtor currently makes the largest IDE drives right now, but any manufacturer’s drives will work. • What is the largest capacity I can use in RTV4xxx or RTV5xxx series? Sonic Blue is shipping units with 320GB of space, so there should be no problems below that. These units have much more memory than the 30xx series, so they should be able to handle 2 of whatever drives are currently available. Right now that is 160GB x 2 = 320GB, but you likely will be able to go much higher when larger drives become available. (Nov 2002 update: 250GB drives are now available and reportedly work.) • What is the largest capacity I can use in RTV30xx series? You can use up to 137GB drives on RTV20xx, RTV3