I am trying to upgrade from W98SE to XP Home, and Setup copies the setup
files to the hard drive, the progress meter turns red saying "Restarting
computer," then goes to black screen with one line of text saying "Setup
is inspecting your computer hardware configuration." It just sits there
interminably, I let it go once as long as an hour to see if it would
ever do anything. I have eliminated everything Upgrade Advisor thought
might have an issue, I have disabled Legacy USB supportper KB282195, I
have uninstalled anti-virus, I have clean-booted W98 per KB310064, and
nothing works. At one time I even put in a different motherboard, which
I made sure was on the compatability list, with with sound, video and
LAN onboard so nothing else was plugged in, and got identical results as
with my own board. It is an intel D815EEA board with onboard sound and
LAN, ATI Rage 128 Pro video, PIII 800 Mhz, 256MB RAM, 80 GB WD hard
drive. It is a fairly clean install of W98, since I had just reformatted
and reinstalled a couple of weeks before deciding to move up to XP, and
haven't installed much of the applications yet. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Dave

If it were me, I'd boot from the Win XP CD, go into Recovery Console,
delete the primary partition, and just start over with a clean install of
Windows XP. Why bother with an upgrade when a clean install is always
better?
--
Bob Delaney
Microsoft Desktop Systems MVP
"Dave Claxon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%0Gsb.189664$e01.704502@attbi_s02...
> I am trying to upgrade from W98SE to XP Home, and Setup copies the setup
> files to the hard drive, the progress meter turns red saying "Restarting
> computer," then goes to black screen with one line of text saying "Setup
> is inspecting your computer hardware configuration." It just sits there
> interminably, I let it go once as long as an hour to see if it would
> ever do anything. I have eliminated everything Upgrade Advisor thought
> might have an issue, I have disabled Legacy USB supportper KB282195, I
> have uninstalled anti-virus, I have clean-booted W98 per KB310064, and
> nothing works. At one time I even put in a different motherboard, which
> I made sure was on the compatability list, with with sound, video and
> LAN onboard so nothing else was plugged in, and got identical results as
> with my own board. It is an intel D815EEA board with onboard sound and
> LAN, ATI Rage 128 Pro video, PIII 800 Mhz, 256MB RAM, 80 GB WD hard
> drive. It is a fairly clean install of W98, since I had just reformatted
> and reinstalled a couple of weeks before deciding to move up to XP, and
> haven't installed much of the applications yet. Does anyone have any
ideas?
> Thanks,
> Dave
>

Bob,
I have considered that, and haven't yet ruled it out, but
I was under the impression that since this is an "upgrade
CD" that it looked for a copy of the qualifying OS before
it would install. But once it finds W98, setup starts
with the option of "upgrade or full install?" Would
selecting full install at this point give the same
results?
Thanks,
Dave
>-----Original Message-----
> If it were me, I'd boot from the Win XP CD, go into
Recovery Console,
>delete the primary partition, and just start over with a
clean install of
>Windows XP. Why bother with an upgrade when a clean
install is always
>better?
>--
>Bob Delaney
>Microsoft Desktop Systems MVP
>"Dave Claxon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>news:%0Gsb.189664$e01.704502@attbi_s02...
>> I am trying to upgrade from W98SE to XP Home, and
Setup copies the setup
>> files to the hard drive, the progress meter turns red
saying "Restarting
>> computer," then goes to black screen with one line of
text saying "Setup
>> is inspecting your computer hardware configuration."
It just sits there
>> interminably, I let it go once as long as an hour to
see if it would
>> ever do anything. I have eliminated everything Upgrade
Advisor thought
>> might have an issue, I have disabled Legacy USB
supportper KB282195, I
>> have uninstalled anti-virus, I have clean-booted W98
per KB310064, and
>> nothing works. At one time I even put in a different
motherboard, which
>> I made sure was on the compatability list, with with
sound, video and
>> LAN onboard so nothing else was plugged in, and got
identical results as
>> with my own board. It is an intel D815EEA board with
onboard sound and
>> LAN, ATI Rage 128 Pro video, PIII 800 Mhz, 256MB RAM,
80 GB WD hard
>> drive. It is a fairly clean install of W98, since I
had just reformatted
>> and reinstalled a couple of weeks before deciding to
move up to XP, and
>> haven't installed much of the applications yet. Does
anyone have any
>ideas?
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>
>
>.
>

OK, I tried the full install option, and still got the
same results. Only now, after going back to last known
good configuration, subsequent reboots still want to
continue setup, and hang again if I dont intercept with
F8. So I'm guessing it's not a W98 to XP issue, it must
be that XP just doesn't like something about my computer,
I just can't figure out what.
Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>Bob,
>I have considered that, and haven't yet ruled it out,
but
>I was under the impression that since this is
an "upgrade
>CD" that it looked for a copy of the qualifying OS
before
>it would install. But once it finds W98, setup starts
>with the option of "upgrade or full install?" Would
>selecting full install at this point give the same
>results?
>Thanks,
>Dave
>>-----Original Message-----
>> If it were me, I'd boot from the Win XP CD, go into
>Recovery Console,
>>delete the primary partition, and just start over with
a
>clean install of
>>Windows XP. Why bother with an upgrade when a clean
>install is always
>>better?
>>--
>>Bob Delaney
>>Microsoft Desktop Systems MVP
>>"Dave Claxon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>in message
>>news:%0Gsb.189664$e01.704502@attbi_s02...
>>> I am trying to upgrade from W98SE to XP Home, and
>Setup copies the setup
>>> files to the hard drive, the progress meter turns red
>saying "Restarting
>>> computer," then goes to black screen with one line of
>text saying "Setup
>>> is inspecting your computer hardware configuration."
>It just sits there
>>> interminably, I let it go once as long as an hour to
>see if it would
>>> ever do anything. I have eliminated everything
Upgrade
>Advisor thought
>>> might have an issue, I have disabled Legacy USB
>supportper KB282195, I
>>> have uninstalled anti-virus, I have clean-booted W98
>per KB310064, and
>>> nothing works. At one time I even put in a different
>motherboard, which
>>> I made sure was on the compatability list, with with
>sound, video and
>>> LAN onboard so nothing else was plugged in, and got
>identical results as
>>> with my own board. It is an intel D815EEA board with
>onboard sound and
>>> LAN, ATI Rage 128 Pro video, PIII 800 Mhz, 256MB RAM,
>80 GB WD hard
>>> drive. It is a fairly clean install of W98, since I
>had just reformatted
>>> and reinstalled a couple of weeks before deciding to
>move up to XP, and
>>> haven't installed much of the applications yet. Does
>anyone have any
>>ideas?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>