Upgrade to Windows XP Pro and scandisk

[Guest]

I upgraded this weekend from windows 98 to windows xp pro. The initial
upgrade went perfectly. However...
I logged the computer off after the upgrade. When I turned the computer
back on the computer went through a chkdsk/scandisk like process as if I had
not logged on successfully. It then presented the message that it was
starting windows; it brought up the opening screen and then proceeded to
reboot itselt and go through the scandisk process again. I allowed it to do
this 3 times before I intervened and tried to stop the scandisk process.
Nevertheless, it rebooted again and did the same. I am able to run in safe
mode, but I don't know what should be changed to prevent scandisk from
running over and over.

Note: I ran a virus checker and a spyware checker before upgrading. I don't
think that is the problem. I do know that I was unable to run scandisk
before the upgrade. The windows 98 message said that I needed to update the
himem parameter. (Which I did--to no effect). How can I bypass this
scandisk process?

 

[DL]

If you can boot in safe mode its possibly a driver problem.
Did you check hw manu for winxp drivers or did you rely on default win
drivers?

 

[Guest]

I relied on the default drivers in all but two cases.
a) I installed the HP printer driver from the disk provided by the
manufacturer
b) Using another machine, I downloaded the driver for the network card for
my DSL router. That's another problem. The system insists that the card is
defective--even though it was working right before the upgrade.

 

[DL]

In Hardware devices, locate network card, assuming there is a yellow
exclamation mark update driver and point it to your downloaded driver.
If no yellow mark select properties and determine exactly which driver its
using, if different to download driver update.
Visit your mobo manu site or PC manu if large OEM, eg Dell, download and
install chipset drivers
NB Whilst an upgrade of this nature usually goes well, it is often better to
clean Install

 

[Guest]

I'll try this again tonight. I did try to correct the network card driver by
using the process that you described. I went to the extent of deleting the
device driver, telling the system to re-survey so that it discovered the
network card and then telling it to pick up my updated driver. It refused to
accept it. If necessary, I will contact them to verify that that it does
indeed work with XP Pro, as described on the web site.

Download chipset drivers??? It is a large manufacturer---Gateway. I will
go to their site and look for what?

 

[DL]

Chipset drivers, you locate your PC sys on their site, if no longer manu it
may be in an 'archive' or similarly named location within the site.Then look
in downloads for all available winxp drivers.

 

[Guest]

I am finally getting back to this. I downloaded the driver update from the
Gateway site for the chipset. The PC is continuing to reboot itself
repeatedly.
A friend suggested that I run in debug mode. Now I have error messages to
interpert. Is there a location where I can find them? I will copy some of
them below.

Setting Install Schedule Day to 0
Setting Install Schedule Time to 3
AU Options changed through user preference.
AU Restart required....
AU received event of 1
Setting next AU detection timeout to 2006-05-07 15:53:17
Setting AU scheduled install time to 2006-05-08 08:00:00
AU received event of 1
WU client succeeds CClientCallRecorder::BeginFindUpdates from
AutomaticUpdates with call id {568503E8-1EF4-46F3-8BB9-E2FC4D282589}
WU client executing call {568503E8-1EF4-46F3-8BB9-E2FC4D282589} of type
Search Call
Checking for different Redirector at:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v5/redir/wuredir.cab
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
DownloadFileInternal failed for
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v5/redir/wuredir.cab:
error 0x80072efd
Failed to download the Redirector cab on try 1: 0x80072efd
Checking for different Redirector at:
http://download.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v5/redir/wuredir.cab
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
DownloadFileInternal failed for
http://download.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v5/redir/wuredir.cab: error
0x80072efd
Failed to download the Redirector cab on try 2: 0x80072efd
Checking for different Redirector at:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5/redir/wuredir.cab
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
Send failed with hr = 80072efd.
SendRequest failed with hr = 80072efd. Proxy List used: <(null)> Bypass List
used : <(null)>
DownloadFileInternal failed for
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5/redir/wuredir.cab: error 0x80072efd
Failed to download the Redirector cab on try 3: 0x80072efd
GetWuidentUrlFromRedirector failed due to error 0x80072efd
IsUpdateRequired failed with error 0x80072efd
OS Version = 5.1.2600.2.0.65792
Computer Brand = Gateway
Computer Model = GP6-350
Bios Revision = 4R4CB0XA.15A.0014.P04.9810021408
Bios Name = Default System BIOS
Bios Release Date = 1998-10-02T00:00:00
Locale ID = 1033