Need help with install 98 to XP

[Angie]

During the preparing of the Upgrade Report, it either
crashes and gives me "A fatal exception OE has occurred at
0028:FF02D761 in VDX ks(05) + 0000AA21" or it simply
freezes. BUT...it does it at the same point every time -
during "processing system files...DVD Movie Player".
Well, I can't find any DVD Movie Player files. I've even
downloaded the upgrade report from the website and tried
that...same results. How can I get past this? Thanks in
advance.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

During the preparing of the Upgrade Report, it either
crashes and gives me "A fatal exception OE has occurred at
0028:FF02D761 in VDX ks(05) + 0000AA21" or it simply
freezes. BUT...it does it at the same point every time -
during "processing system files...DVD Movie Player".
Well, I can't find any DVD Movie Player files. I've even
downloaded the upgrade report from the website and tried
that...same results. How can I get past this? Thanks in
advance.

Do a clean installation of WinXP. You end up with a far
superior platform than if you do an upgrade.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I do agree with Pegasus on the clean installation it will be more stable and superior in the long run. Here are the steps on how to perform a clean install. PLease see below.

1. Insert your Windows XP CD
2. Restart the machine
3. Press the key specified to enter your BIOS. In most cases you need to press Del to enter the BIOS setup. You should see a message on startup, right in the beginning, which says something like “press <key> to enter setupâ€. E.g. Press Del to enter setup
4. Go into either the Boot section, if you have one, or the 2nd option (should be something like “BIOS features setup†or “Advanced BIOS featuresâ€)
5. Change to boot sequence (should show as “boot sequence†or first boot device; 2nd boot device; 3rd boot device; etc.) so that CD-ROM is first
6. Exit saving changes
7. When you see the message to press any key to boot from CD, press any key
8. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to do a clean install
9. Press F8 to agree to the license agreement
10. Press Esc to perform a clean installation. (If this option is not available, skip to the next step.
11. Press Enter to install to the selected drive
12. Press C to continue if prompted
13. When prompted to format, select the option to “Format using the NTFS File System†and press Enter
14. Press F to continue with the format
15. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installatio

Regards,