W98 to W2K Upgrade Reboot Loop!

I have the same problem as a few others it seems, but I
have data (College Papers) I need to retrieve prior to
doing a clean install. Upgrading pc from W98SE to
W2Kpro. However, when it reaches the Performing Final
Tasks screen, the setup stops on the "Upgrades program and
system settings" step, reboots, and starts the Performing
Final Tasks all over again... I let this run all night
last night, and it never finished. Any ideas on how to get
the W2Kpro upgrade to finish successfully so I can salvage
the "My Documents" folder?!?!?!

Ryan,

To retrieve your data you'll want to do a parallel installation (a
installation of Windows 2000 into a new directory other then Windows or
WINNT and leave the file system intact). This clean install should allow
you to pull off any personal data.

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"Ryan Harvey" <harveyryanj@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:055001c3ad59$26148740$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I have the same problem as a few others it seems, but I
> have data (College Papers) I need to retrieve prior to
> doing a clean install. Upgrading pc from W98SE to
> W2Kpro. However, when it reaches the Performing Final
> Tasks screen, the setup stops on the "Upgrades program and
> system settings" step, reboots, and starts the Performing
> Final Tasks all over again... I let this run all night
> last night, and it never finished. Any ideas on how to get
> the W2Kpro upgrade to finish successfully so I can salvage
> the "My Documents" folder?!?!?!
>

I am facing the exact same problem.
My question is how can I do a parallel installation? Each
time I reboot my computer now, it starts with the exact
same point where it had stopped the installation of
Windows 2000. I am not able to go back to the start of
Windows 2000 installation.

Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Ryan,
>
>To retrieve your data you'll want to do a parallel
installation (a
>installation of Windows 2000 into a new directory other
then Windows or
>WINNT and leave the file system intact). This clean
install should allow
>you to pull off any personal data.
>
>KevinAnd [MSFT] - "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
no warranties, and
>confers no rights."
>
>
>"Ryan Harvey" <harveyryanj@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:055001c3ad59$26148740$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have the same problem as a few others it seems, but I
>> have data (College Papers) I need to retrieve prior to
>> doing a clean install. Upgrading pc from W98SE to
>> W2Kpro. However, when it reaches the Performing Final
>> Tasks screen, the setup stops on the "Upgrades program
and
>> system settings" step, reboots, and starts the
Performing
>> Final Tasks all over again... I let this run all night
>> last night, and it never finished. Any ideas on how to
get
>> the W2Kpro upgrade to finish successfully so I can
salvage
>> the "My Documents" folder?!?!?!
>>
>
>
>.
>