Win XP/2000 setup

[Guest]

I have been trying to update my win98 computer first with win 200 pro, but
after many errors of "file cannot be copied" I figured my 2000 disk was
damaged, so I purchased XP pro (waste of money) only to find out the same
problem of "files cannot be copied".
Now that I have wasted $200 on a supposebel enhanced windoze what do I do?
I've reformated the drive and have Re-installed win98 without a hitch
(losing all data in the process), so I know there is not a problem with the
HD or controller or CDrom drive!
Question, what would cause this inherent problem with an NTFS type software
to not install whereas win98 has no problems?

Thank you,
Mark J. Nowak

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have been trying to update my win98 computer first with win 200 pro, but
after many errors of "file cannot be copied" I figured my 2000 disk was
damaged, so I purchased XP pro (waste of money) only to find out the same
problem of "files cannot be copied".
Now that I have wasted $200 on a supposebel enhanced windoze what do I do?
I've reformated the drive and have Re-installed win98 without a hitch
(losing all data in the process), so I know there is not a problem with the
HD or controller or CDrom drive!
Question, what would cause this inherent problem with an NTFS type software
to not install whereas win98 has no problems?

Thank you,
Mark J. Nowak

I suspect the problem lies with the ***upgrade*** process.
You may have had a battle-scarred Win98 installation that
was not suitable for an upgrade. As you write, the problem
was probably inherent: In your flawed Win98 installation.
A new installation would most likely have succeeded. In
most cases it's a better option: You would end up with a
far more stable and robust installation than you would get
with an upgrade from a legacy 16-bit operating system
based on DOS.

About losing all your data: There is an iron law of computing
that says that all important files must be backed up every week
to an independent medium, and especially prior to any
upgrade. Many people ignore this rule until they suffer a
major disaster.

 

[Jim Macklin]

The Windows XP CD has an program on the disk that will scan
your computer to check for upgrade hardware and software
compatibility. There are rather strict requirements for
disk space and RAM for a computer to run XP. It is also
important to perform computer maintenance, such as disk
cleanup, disk condition checks (chkdsk/scandisk) and defrag.

Not all W95/98 computers are good candidates for upgrade,
often a new computer will be much less expensive than
upgrading and older computer. A new computer that costs
less than $500 will have a P4 2 GHz class CPU, a fast FSB,
40-80 GB hard drive, and a warranty, compared to the cost of
buying the Windows upgrade and possibly new
hardware/software to make the system function. This does
not even consider cost of your time.

As a general rule, if a CD can be read at all when you place
it in the drive, the files are all OK and some other problem
is causing the error message. A file cannot be copied if
the CD is OK but the hard drive-RAM does not have enough
available memory.


--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


|I have been trying to update my win98 computer first with
win 200 pro, but
| after many errors of "file cannot be copied" I figured my
2000 disk was
| damaged, so I purchased XP pro (waste of money) only to
find out the same
| problem of "files cannot be copied".
| Now that I have wasted $200 on a supposebel enhanced
windoze what do I do?
| I've reformated the drive and have Re-installed win98
without a hitch
| (losing all data in the process), so I know there is not a
problem with the
| HD or controller or CDrom drive!
| Question, what would cause this inherent problem with an
NTFS type software
| to not install whereas win98 has no problems?
|
| Thank you,
| Mark J. Nowak
|

 

[Guest]

Odd thing that I originally had W2K on this computer
which was an ASUS CUV4X-C mb, PIII 1000mhz, 80GbHD, 256MB ram untill
it corrupted itself so bad that I had to try and reload W2K
which is where I started the copy problems.
I then decided to screw it and load 98 after filling the drive
with 0's and reformatting.
After 98 was working fine (which proves the CD and HD are functioning),
I then thought that the W2K CD
might be bad so said what the heck, time to jump to XP.
Guess what? same problems. Seems to have to do with the
NTFS format as I have tried 2 other hard drives all with the same problem.
I also tried a PCI IDE controller thinking the internal controller
might be bad but to no avail.
BTW, UNIX OS loads just fine as well which is where I may stay
if this Windows stuff can't workout like it should.
Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
mnow

P.S. I also have another 98 machine that intermittantly cannot read
the newsgroups "Sorry, the page you requested is unavailable" error.
What could be up with that?

Thanks again