Win 98 to XP upgrade issue Contd.

[toxicrocker1714]

**Original post**
Hi, Im trying to upgrade windows 98 to xp home, and everything is well
until after it copies all the files and reboots. It says preparing to
install, shows the animated bar with the scrolling green squares for a
second, then the screen goes black, or on some occasions goes "garbled"

but both ways it freezes and stops installing. is it a video driver
issue? the system is a E-machines Mobo Socket 939 CPU (AMD athlon
3800++) Onboard video. I have no other components in any of the pci
slots. PLEASE HELP

**After a few questions and a lil help that unfortunately didnt work**

Ok So herersw the thing to clear some stuff up. Yes it originally came
with XP.. i inherited the system so to speak,... it came with
problems.. wouldnt boot.. but the hard drive WOULD boot in my other
system.. Anyway i formatted the drive AND **Because i do not have a
full install version of Win XP** I clean installed 98 then attempted to

upgrade. Loss of data is not an issue, i could care less, but I cant
get the drive (a 200GB Seagate) to upgrade to xp on any of my systems,
but 98 installs fine, but ALWAYS with video problems.. I think its
something to do with the onboard SATA, Can anyone tell me if im not
using the SATA do i disable it? or switch it to the option that says
"IDE Controller".. I also considered a bios flash.. im desperate, the
system is pissin me off i cant run ANY hard drive ive tried., even
known good ones i pull from my working system WILL NOT BOOT.
WHY!?????!!! I
appreciate all of your guys help and im amazed to see the number of
responses ive got! Thanks a mil.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

**Original post**
Hi, Im trying to upgrade windows 98 to xp home, and everything is well
until after it copies all the files and reboots. It says preparing to
install, shows the animated bar with the scrolling green squares for a
second, then the screen goes black, or on some occasions goes "garbled"

but both ways it freezes and stops installing. is it a video driver
issue? the system is a E-machines Mobo Socket 939 CPU (AMD athlon
3800++) Onboard video. I have no other components in any of the pci
slots. PLEASE HELP

**After a few questions and a lil help that unfortunately didnt work**

Ok So herersw the thing to clear some stuff up. Yes it originally came
with XP.. i inherited the system so to speak,... it came with
problems.. wouldnt boot.. but the hard drive WOULD boot in my other
system.. Anyway i formatted the drive AND **Because i do not have a
full install version of Win XP** I clean installed 98 then attempted to

upgrade. Loss of data is not an issue, i could care less, but I cant
get the drive (a 200GB Seagate) to upgrade to xp on any of my systems,
but 98 installs fine, but ALWAYS with video problems.. I think its
something to do with the onboard SATA, Can anyone tell me if im not
using the SATA do i disable it? or switch it to the option that says
"IDE Controller".. I also considered a bios flash.. im desperate, the
system is pissin me off i cant run ANY hard drive ive tried., even
known good ones i pull from my working system WILL NOT BOOT.
WHY!?????!!! I
appreciate all of your guys help and im amazed to see the number of
responses ive got! Thanks a mil.

If the system will not boot reliably, you must address that hardware problem
before XP will go in. If 98 installs but not XP, this points to inadequate
or malfuncioning hardware. XP's requorements are much greater than 98.

You do *not* need to install Win98 first. Wipe the drive, start the setup
with the XP disk. You will be asked for the 98 disk. Put it in, take it
out when told, put the XP CD back in.

On some SATA systems there are settings to allow use of both SATA and PATA
ports. Check the manual, because hte SATA drives will not be detected
otherwise.

HTH
-pk

 

[toxicrocker1714]

..If the system will not boot reliably, you must address that hardware
problem

before XP will go in. If 98 installs but not XP, this points to inadequate
or malfuncioning hardware. XP's requorements are much greater than 98.

You do *not* need to install Win98 first. Wipe the drive, start the setup
with the XP disk. You will be asked for the 98 disk. Put it in, take it
out when told, put the XP CD back in.

On some SATA systems there are settings to allow use of both SATA and PATA
ports. Check the manual, because hte SATA drives will not be detected
otherwise.

HTH
-pk- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Thanks for the info man I had no idea I could install XP that way, I
will try it first thing in the morning. As for the manual.. i aint got
one and cant find one on the net specific to the Mobo i have. Damn E
machines. But as for the hardware.. only thing i can think of is the
memory, I never did understand how the DIMM modules work on these newer
boards were they alternate one black one blue one black one blue... Its
all screwy there are only certain ways the ram can go in and I had
isssues with that so currently i have only 1 256mb stick of ram in the
2nd DIMM port (AKA the first blue DIMM port) I cant even get the bitch
to boot with 2 sticks of identical 512 sticks i have. but im pretty
sure its just my retardedness