Priscilla said:
I'm trying to install XP. I have Windows 98 Second
Edition right now. I get an error message during
setup: "Set up cannot copy M:\1386\mfc42dll to
C:WINDOWS\setup\mfc42.dll". Does anyone know what this
means?
There are two ways of installing XP - a clean install where the hard
drive is formatted first and an upgrade install where the new operating
system is installed "on top" of the old operating system. If you are
doing the latter, try a clean install instead. Formatting the drive
will wipe all current data, so you would expect to reinstall programs
from cd and restore data from backups. Be sure all peripherals
(printers, scanners, cameras) are disconnected and any BIOS-level
antivirus is disabled. If you are already doing a clean install and the
installation is failing, you probably have bad hardware. Start with a
RAM test - I like Memtest86 from
www.memtest86.com - and let the test
run for an extended time, like overnight (unless you get errors
immediately). If the RAM is good, then run a hard drive diagnostic
utility, which you can get from the drive mftr.'s website.
Note that Windows XP is far fussier about marginal RAM than Windows 98,
so the fact that Win98 is on the drive and presumably working isn't an
indication that the RAM is OK.
Malke
