I had forgotten how much old computers sound like a plane taking off when they boot, and how much they 'clack' when the HDD is active. Probably the difference between modern SSDs and physical hard disks, I imagine.
This guy is still living those happy days 🙂 I wish I use XP again and spend quality time playing those retro games in classic UI. Those were best days in my life.
I remember 2003 and 2004 making it my ultimate goal to run Windows XP on literally everything I could find this would be like a system. I would’ve done that to
I think that could be down to the age of the drive and how well its been used in the past. I have come across Systems in the past that have had noisy hdds, and they have been practically full, which has taken the life out of the HDD. The system will run window XP just fine, it can run on a 133 mhz with 64mb ram, but you can get hold of XP lite. which is a stripped down version of windows XP, that was geared for older windows 95 systems.
This must have been a old windows 9x machine that was upgraded later on to windows XP, looking at the sticker on the desktop. Great to hear the grunts from the HDD, when you look at windows XP now compared to windows 11, how things have changed in those 20 years.
I remember getting an HP Pavilion 6640c that an AMD K6 with 64 MB of RAM they tried to upgrade it to Windows XP SP2 and it ran extremely slow, I upgraded the RAM to 384 MB and I ended up replacing Windows XP and reformatted the 15 GB hard drive and installed Windows 98 SE although Windows 98 SE even uses less disk space. :-)
@586RETROPCs Indeed i love it im running Windows 98 SE on it and it boot really fast and play very well i installed a Geforce Mx4000 inside for more gaming possibilty's which video card you have inside?
how things have changed, I rebuilt my microsoft lab, with pentium 3 era stuff, those are running 160 gig drives and 256 ram, my server system is running 2 dual processors with 4 gig of ram, running windows 2003 server, i don't think windows 2003 server ever saw 4 gig in its life time. 2 gig i think it may have saw. As it was could run on systems as low as 128 mb
i seriously recommend backing up that drive and putting the data onto a newer HDD. because that 9 GB 1999 hdd sounds like it is taking its first and last breath
I had forgotten how much old computers sound like a plane taking off when they boot, and how much they 'clack' when the HDD is active. Probably the difference between modern SSDs and physical hard disks, I imagine.
because SSD have no moving parts unlike HDD after all
Also back then we had computer shops in every high street. Now you will be lucky to find one.
This guy is still living those happy days 🙂 I wish I use XP again and spend quality time playing those retro games in classic UI. Those were best days in my life.
Thank you, yes I can Time travel to millennium and play RTCW, GTA, MAFIA :)
I was hooked on counter strike
Nice! Remembered my school years...
me too
Windows XP took me back to my college years. the system back to my late school years.
I still use my old WinXP computer
I remember 2003 and 2004 making it my ultimate goal to run Windows XP on literally everything I could find this would be like a system. I would’ve done that to
That computer was meant for 98 NT or Windows 2000. That hard drive is not happy at all.
I think that could be down to the age of the drive and how well its been used in the past. I have come across Systems in the past that have had noisy hdds, and they have been practically full, which has taken the life out of the HDD. The system will run window XP just fine, it can run on a 133 mhz with 64mb ram, but you can get hold of XP lite. which is a stripped down version of windows XP, that was geared for older windows 95 systems.
@@procta2343 Yes I have ran Windows XP on older systems from late 1990's.
it has all the vibes from those years
Yeah, takes me back to the late 90s! Must of the kids today will not have seen stuff like this or dialup, or even know what the floppy disk is.
it's so nostalgic, I'm always play solitaire and pinball when I was a kid for first time using PC on Windows XP! Good times!
This must have been a old windows 9x machine that was upgraded later on to windows XP, looking at the sticker on the desktop. Great to hear the grunts from the HDD, when you look at windows XP now compared to windows 11, how things have changed in those 20 years.
Yes I think there was orig. Windows 98
The sound off old hard drive 😊
Yeah tho windows XP on a pentium 3 works a little bit but XP recommends a pentium 4 CPU
can you add the max RAM and the highest speed CPU on this PC?
Yeah I can upgrade to 1.4MHz and 512MB RAM :)
That AOC monitor ruined my childhood. Every time I used it I ended up with headaches.
I used XP in my elementary school years 😄 I miss that OS
I had the pleasure of studying it at college, still got the books and labs. Its really is a cracker of an OS.
If this computer came out in 1999, what OS did it have before XP was installed on it
Good question! It likely would have had 98SE or NT 4 Workstation on it, depending on whether it was sold as a consumer PC or workstation.
@@ericwood3709 It had an orig. WINDOWS 98 sticker
Id have put money on it been a windows 98Se machine that was upgraded later on.
I remember getting an HP Pavilion 6640c that an AMD K6 with 64 MB of RAM they tried to upgrade it to Windows XP SP2 and it ran extremely slow, I upgraded the RAM to 384 MB and I ended up replacing Windows XP and reformatted the 15 GB hard drive and installed Windows 98 SE although Windows 98 SE even uses less disk space. :-)
Maybe I should do downgrade to Windows 98 or W2000 it will be faster
@586RETROPCs Most definitely, Windows 98 SE would very fast on that computer and great for some classic games.
How do you record videos from a CRT? Can you teach me how to do it? Because CRTs have scan lines
You have to set shutter speed in your camera :)
@586RETROPCs Can you give me detailed guidance?
Thought Windows XP was released in 2001,Not in 1999
Thats right, PC is from 1999 and OS from 2001 :)
Thank you!
You're welcome!
current people's using laptops
I have the same computer still gaming Dos with it :) happy holydays! !
Thats cool! Happy holidays too 🎄
@586RETROPCs Indeed i love it im running Windows 98 SE on it and it boot really fast and play very well i installed a Geforce Mx4000 inside for more gaming possibilty's which video card you have inside?
God dang, I'm using an AOC monitor. Not a CRT tho--- XP was the best version of Windows...... but then Vista had to ruin the bliss's wallpaper fun.
It was a great OS along with Windows 2000 :)
a massive 10gb drive and 256mb of ram lol
i currently have 60TB of storage and 128GB of ram in my PC
how things have changed, I rebuilt my microsoft lab, with pentium 3 era stuff, those are running 160 gig drives and 256 ram, my server system is running 2 dual processors with 4 gig of ram, running windows 2003 server, i don't think windows 2003 server ever saw 4 gig in its life time. 2 gig i think it may have saw. As it was could run on systems as low as 128 mb
Its still fine but the question can you see anything at 1.1-1.2 still or really much wear at all. idk.
Windows xp was released in 2001
Thats right
i seriously recommend backing up that drive and putting the data onto a newer HDD.
because that 9 GB 1999 hdd sounds like it is taking its first and last breath
Thank you for your advice
Windows XP came out in 2001, not 1999!
With a SCSI hard drive, no less. How fancy! The poor yellowing old CD-ROM needs retrobright, though.
Account username, start menu... this is a montage, the title is fake, it is not their first boot after 22 years
Nice PC but that 10 GB HDD was even back then considered pretty tiny. Our 2001 XP machine (that was about average) already came with an 80 GB HDD.
80GB in 2001? I had 10GB only and 40GB in 2005 :D
@586RETROPCs i was going to say the same thing, I don't think drives as large as 80gig were out back then, unless it was server hardware.
I'm nottt fixing the blue drive either you want beat on that mag or cut it or all of it there locking up on the arm I know...
NO WAY!!!!!!!
Why,wouldn't it still work? Apart from the bios battery.
It was in storage for 22 years and started immediately :O
Sometimes capacitors are buldging and you got a no post black screen it can happen .
@@Evilslayer73 also the PSUs too can be a bit hit and miss.
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XP wasn't around in 1999 🙄
PC is from 1999 and OS from 2002 :)
Just means he upgraded to XP on it back in the day.
It looks like a Windows 95/98 PC
It is, might be the last of the desktop gen, when everything moved over to tower based
Win XP SP1
1999 WinXP ???
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This is windows xp computer what pc is model
Compaq Deskpro from 1999, P III 450MHz, 256MB RAM, 9GB SCSI HDD
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