Problems with in-place upgrade of Windows XP

[Guest]

Hi

After a reboot of WinXP i recieved the following Err-Msg:Windows could not
start because of an error in the software.

I tryied to do an in-place upgrade of Windows, booting from the cd-rom.
(Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326671/EN-US/)

But the cd-rom-setup doesn't find any installation of winXP on my HD. So the
in-place upgrade doesn't work.

When i start the repair console to configure the "boo.ini" with the command
"BOOTCFG", i'll find an installation of WinXP and i can add this installation
to my boot-list.

why didn't i find an installation in the in-place upgrade of WinXP?


Thank you a lot

Michele

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi

After a reboot of WinXP i recieved the following Err-Msg:Windows could not
start because of an error in the software.

I tryied to do an in-place upgrade of Windows, booting from the cd-rom.
(Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326671/EN-US/)

But the cd-rom-setup doesn't find any installation of winXP on my HD. So the
in-place upgrade doesn't work.

When i start the repair console to configure the "boo.ini" with the command
"BOOTCFG", i'll find an installation of WinXP and i can add this installation
to my boot-list.

why didn't i find an installation in the in-place upgrade of WinXP?

Try it again following the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.html

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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