Upgraded from W98 to XP Pro

[Guest]

After upgrade & auto restart, message; FAT 32
Checking consistency file system on C: (293E-15FE)
\Windows\dumpf6c3.tmp cross linked on allocation unit 985568...
Windows allocated files.
The computer then went into a loop: Restart >Windows XP start screen >
checking file system on C: Restart > etc.
I let the loop run approx 9 times - shut down computer.
Pressed f8 to try & start in safe mode, in one of the loops, (it was ignored).
Need help urgently!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After upgrade & auto restart, message; FAT 32
Checking consistency file system on C: (293E-15FE)
\Windows\dumpf6c3.tmp cross linked on allocation unit 985568...
Windows allocated files.
The computer then went into a loop: Restart >Windows XP start
screen > checking file system on C: Restart > etc.
I let the loop run approx 9 times - shut down computer.
Pressed f8 to try & start in safe mode, in one of the loops, (it
was ignored). Need help urgently!

Sounds like possibly hardware issues with the hard drive - which is possible
because Windows 98 wasn't as thorough as XP is about hardware issues.

Restore to the backup you made before attempting the upgrade.

 

[Guest]

Shenan,
I did not make a copy of my drive, I just copied my files etc.
Is there any way to get out of the loop- delete XP & go back to W98

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After upgrade & auto restart, message; FAT 32
Checking consistency file system on C: (293E-15FE)
\Windows\dumpf6c3.tmp cross linked on allocation unit 985568...
Windows allocated files.
The computer then went into a loop: Restart >Windows XP start
screen > checking file system on C: Restart > etc.
I let the loop run approx 9 times - shut down computer.
Pressed f8 to try & start in safe mode, in one of the loops, (it
was ignored). Need help urgently!

Sounds like possibly hardware issues with the hard drive - which
is possible because Windows 98 wasn't as thorough as XP is about
hardware issues.

Restore to the backup you made before attempting the upgrade.

I did not make a copy of my drive, I just copied my files etc.
Is there any way to get out of the loop- delete XP & go back to W98

Boot with a Windows 98 boot disk(ette) and use FDISK to delete the
partitioning and create new partitioning and format and start the
installation of Windows 98.

www.bootdisk.com