Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade.

[Guest]

I received XP(SP1) as an Xmas present. My current system operates Windows 98 and I installed XP in the Extended Partition (7.5Gb.) on Drive D.

I have been having serious problems - the dreaded Blue screens - which eventually resulted in the PC refusing to start XP at all. Win98 continued to work fine from Drive C (Primary Partition)

I have now re-installed from a "clean boot" of Win98 with only the motherboard drivers installed (Asus A7n8x-x Audio, Lan, USb..). No graphics driver yet installed.

Device manager indicated all was well.

I then installed the modem and all critical updates from Windows Update

The crashes have started again, and Event Viewer is corrupt

Can anyone help

De

 

[Guest]

I would suggest backing up Win98 Data, getting rid of Win98, Clean Install WinXP on C: Drive and use WinXP as your main OS. Remember to use the FAT32 file system with WinXP because all your Data you backed up from Win98 is Fat32.WinXP is a much better OS then Win98, that is if it's on machine with a proccesor at least 450MHZ with at least 256MB of ram.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Cowboydawg,

I will try this tonight and let you know if it works.

My system has an AMD 2800XP and 512mb. Ram.

Des

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I would suggest backing up Win98 Data, getting rid of Win98, Clean
Install WinXP on C: Drive and use WinXP as your main OS. Remember to
use the FAT32 file system with WinXP because all your Data you backed
up from Win98 is Fat32.

No, that last sentence is completely wrong. It doesn't matter
that the backed up data is FAT32. Windows XP can read that FAT32
data without a problem, regardless of what file system it itself
is installed on. WIndows XP can read NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and
FAT12 in any and all combinations.

Except for those who want to dual boot to some version of Windows
9X, almost everyone should use NTFS, because it's the better file
system.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective hardware
(particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still
support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

HOW TO Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You
Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q310064


Bruce Chambers

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I received XP(SP1) as an Xmas present. My current system operates

Windows 98 and I installed XP in the Extended Partition (7.5Gb.) on
Drive D.

I have been having serious problems - the dreaded Blue screens -

which eventually resulted in the PC refusing to start XP at all. Win98
continued to work fine from Drive C (Primary Partition).

I have now re-installed from a "clean boot" of Win98 with only the

motherboard drivers installed (Asus A7n8x-x Audio, Lan, USb..). No
graphics driver yet installed.

 

[Guest]

{{{Except for those who want to dual boot to some version of Window
9X, almost everyone should use NTFS, because it's the better fil
system.}}
Sorry I thought thats what he was originaly talking about. And the reason I told him to not have NTFS, is because I didn't think you could take the data he backed up from Win98 Fat32 and load that Fat32 data on C: drive that is using NTFS.

 

[Guest]

The clean boot option worked fine.

I formated Drives C&D as NTFS leaving E as Fat32 during XP setup thus deleting the old Win98 installation.

If my old programs work ok from NTFS I will reformat E to NTFS. Didn't want to totally burn bridges by going all NTFS Day 1.

I can only conclude that Win98 was the source of the problem as all hardware is working fine even before I upgrade drivers.

Thanks to all.

Des