Win XP set up loop Problems

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Beth

I was upgrading an XP Home System to XP Pro to try to fix
a Windows Installer problem that was occurring when trying
to uninstall Norton Antivirus 2002 after having installed
McAfee. Thought I would kill two birds at one time and
upgrade the system. Now the set up is getting to the
Windows Installation portion and the Device Detection gets
to about 34 minutes remaining and then the system turns
itself off and restarts the set up all over. I've let it
run and run over and over to no avail. Can't get it to
boot into Safe Mode. I have 2 G of image data that will
need to be saved. Thought this would be a simple task and
I could get on with my computing. Please help.
 
Physically disconnect all peripheral hardware devices from your PC,
except your monitor, mouse and keyboard. Then go out and get two
PS/2 adapters and use them to connect your keyboard and mouse
to the PS/2 ports in lieu of using the USB connections, then proceed
with a "Repair Install".

Windows XP SP1 Installation Stops Responding with About 34 Minutes Remaining
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815319&Product=winxp

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I was upgrading an XP Home System to XP Pro to try to fix
| a Windows Installer problem that was occurring when trying
| to uninstall Norton Antivirus 2002 after having installed
| McAfee. Thought I would kill two birds at one time and
| upgrade the system. Now the set up is getting to the
| Windows Installation portion and the Device Detection gets
| to about 34 minutes remaining and then the system turns
| itself off and restarts the set up all over. I've let it
| run and run over and over to no avail. Can't get it to
| boot into Safe Mode. I have 2 G of image data that will
| need to be saved. Thought this would be a simple task and
| I could get on with my computing. Please help.
 
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