Brett said:
I attempted to upgrade windows XP Home edition to XP Pro on an HP
PC with more than adequate resources for the operating system.
The upgrade went well (deleting the previous version of windows)
and then the snag.
the error message = "setup cannot create the folder:
\windows\winsxs\manifests"!
So.....I tried to reboot into the previous version of Windows XP
which is now GONE (hence the comments above about the deleting of
files).
Now I try to reinstall Windows Home Edition from a Store bought full
version license and I get the same error message!
How can I recover into the previous version WITHOUT formatting, or
how can I recover my user files and setting and then format and
reload.
Help!
"Upgrade went well"...For trying to upgrade home to pro,you're
lucky you got that far,as microsoft says "Thier is no upgrade from
home to pro" the upgrade is for older windows OS...Either
way,install xp retail cd,set pc to boot
to cd,at xp cd menu,press r key for recovery console,(Disreguard
the text that appears at recovery",simply type: DiskPart In
DiskPart,delete the partition(s),create one,press the ESC key,type:
EXIT Let the pc reboot to xp cd,select install xp.The rest is
simple..
Andrew E.,
Proof of what a parent's overly indulgent recreational drug use
before/during/after conception can do is not was was asked about here.
Thanks for demonstrating anyway.
When you get one wrong (like this one) the first time - and it is proven to
you that it was the incorrect assumption - repeating it over and over does
not make it true.
Andrew E. has been incorrect about this many times - but refuses (or perhaps
cannot comprehend) the fact that upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows
Professional is supported and one of the easiest paths to follow.
Windows XP supported upgrade paths
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607
That article clearly shows a path from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition.
It would be nice - if just once - you responded to a rebuttal of your
incorrect answer and told us why you believe what you believe.
For the original poster,
The original poster attempted an upgrade from Windows XP Home to Windows XP
Professional. This is the easiest/least intrusive upgrade one can do -
since the dfifferences are so small in a visual sense. Most have no
trouble. Here - it looks like the original poster had existing issues -
ones they either knew about and were hoping (for some reason) to fix with
this 'upgrade' or that they did not know about. Could be faulty memory
(RAM) or bad sectors on the hard disk drive - could even be faulty power.
I would recommend the original poster refer to their backups - surely they
have backups they perform on a periodic basis - and even if they do not -
they would have been wise enough to make backups of their important
materials before trying to upgrade the core operating system...
If not - well - hopefully they have learned the value of a small investment
of time and maybe (maybe) extra money now. Computer data is one of the few
aspects in life I can think of where a complete backup of the original can
be made and relied upon to restore to a prior state of being with little to
no loss other than time. Why people would not jump at that chance has
always been beyond me. ;-)
They can now use something like a Universal Boot CD or a Windows Universal
Boot CD or a BartPE CD to boot from and copy their 'important' (cannot be
that important if they do not already have backups of it) data off the
computer and onto external media for safe keeping.
Although - it is also plausible they can find out what the problem is and
continue their installation - although the switching back-and-forth between
trying to install Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home - especially
if they were performing the actual upgrade (AFAIK - their description of
"deleting the previous version of windows" wouldn't really happen - but I
could be mistaken) could have really corrupted the system and a clean
installation of the OS of their choice (after locating the original trouble)
might be the best course of action.
Ultimate Boot CD
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows
http://www.ubcd4win.com/
BartPE CD
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/