upgarding to xp home from win98

[durk devires]

Upgrading to winXP ver. 2002 home from win98SE. Have tried
the following:
1.uninstalling NSW 2003
2. Closing all running apps
3. unplugging my 2nd HDD, used to store backup data
4. Uninstalled GoBack
5. Reverted to ps/2 mouse & keyboard from cordless Logitech
6. Set BIOS to all fail-safe settings
7. tried running Upgrade Advisor~received error msg
stating temp folder could not be created.

All I EVER get is system hangs on the 'preparing
installation' prompt at exactly the same point, appx. 76
minutes remaining on install. Waited up to 60 minutes, no
change.

Have Athlon XP2500, 256 ram, Radeon 9200SE card and 40 gig
HD on a Gigabyte 7N400L MB.

I am at the end of my rope & have tried searching
knowledge base for pertainent info on my problem. Casn
some one please show pity on this fool? Thanks in advance,
Durk

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

See if the following articles help:

"HOW TO: Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You
Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310064&Product=winxp

"HOW TO: Prepare to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to
Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316639&Product=winxp

 

[durk devries]

Nope, thanks but no. I've followed all recommandations.
~Clean boot
~updated BIOS
~modified EVERY BIOS setting I could
~unable to force a HAL as install STILL hangs at exactly
the same spot, thru 12 attempted installs
~cleaned disk
~disconnected 2nd CD rom
~set CPU to default speed
~set DMA off
I have no other ideas, short off throwing XP in the trash!
LOL Anybody else? Anything? I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks Durk

 

[mc]

Nope, thanks but no. I've followed all recommandations.
~Clean boot
~updated BIOS
~modified EVERY BIOS setting I could
~unable to force a HAL as install STILL hangs at exactly
the same spot, thru 12 attempted installs
~cleaned disk
~disconnected 2nd CD rom
~set CPU to default speed
~set DMA off
I have no other ideas, short off throwing XP in the trash!
LOL Anybody else? Anything? I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks Durk




Installation When You


Millennium Edition to

Possible that memory stick should be reseated or replaced with better
faster memory. Also check temperatures of cpu, etc.
Remember XP is hard on hardware.
Must uncompress code.