Reggie said:
When XP Pro checks system compatability get message:
W.XP Pro. stup does not support upgrade from W 98 tp XP Pro. Setup cannot
continue.
Are you trying to use an OEM installation CD? OEM CDs *cannot* perform
in-place upgrades; they are specifically designed only to be installed
upon clean partitions.
Additionally, if the WinXP upgrade advisor says the computer's
components aren't capable of supporting WinXP, you can't.
Before starting, have you verified that all of your PC's hardware
components are capable of supporting WinXP? This information will be
found at the PC's manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows
Catalog: (
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx)
You should also take a few minutes to ensure that there are
WinXP-specific device drivers available for all of the machine's
internal components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically
designed for Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold
and run fine with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more
stringent hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of
many early models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or
HP's consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.
HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639
Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
How do I proceed please.
Here are some Belarc advisor details of my system:
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C692BX
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
733 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: 693-686
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 4.51 PG 03/24/00
Drives Memory Modules c,d
32.54 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
30.65 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-104 [CD-ROM drive]
WPI CDRW-4424 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
Maxtor 5 4098U8 [Hard drive] (32.54 GB) -- drive 0, rev DA62 384
Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot '0' has 128 MB
Slot '1' has 128 MB
Slot '2' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (FAT32 on drive 0)32.54 GB30.65 GB free
I'm afraid, given those specifications, that the the word "glacial"
comes to mind, and you'll want to upgrade to at least 512Mb of Ram and
probably a larger hard drive if you're planning on installing many
applications. The CPU will be the bottle-neck, I'm afraid. Frankly, I
wouldn't put any OS more demanding then Win2K on that old a platform;
you may also have problems finding WinXP-compatible device drivers for
the computer's components.
Acceptable performance is, of course, a matter of personal opinion
and depends entirely upon what *you* expect to do with your computer. If
all you want to do is play WinXP's built-in games, send and receive
simple emails, browse the Internet (while avoiding the more "ornamental"
web sites) etc., such a machine may well meet your needs. If, however,
you plan to take advantage of WinXP's multimedia capabilities, play
graphic-intensive games, or do advanced word or data processing, such a
machine would probably be woefully inadequate.
--
Bruce Chambers
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