Windows XP Home Edition.

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LaVerne

I am trying to install XP Home Edition on a brand new pc,
the HDD is a Maxtor 160 gig, I have plenty of Ram but
during the install of XP Home Edition Upgrade it stops
installing at 33 minutes remaining, I've tried over and
over and over again, even let it go over night to see if
it would continue but it always stops at the screen that
tells me about the changing launges, there is no problem
about proving previous versions of windows cause I have
98 and 98 SE and ME, so How in the world do I get it to
install?, my motherboard is new it is a GA-7VAX, system
chipset VIA KT400, processor is a AMD XP2600+ (also brand
new).
Please help me with this problem...
Thanks
LaVerne
 
Greetings --

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk
Drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303013

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.


Bruce Chambers

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You didn't say whether you had run the Windows XP Compatibility Check,
and your sounds like a hardware problem. Please run the Windows XP
Compatibility check first, and see if there is any issue identified that
might prevent a Setup from running normally. If you find no suggestions from
the Win XP Compatibility Check, please do another posting with the details
you *did* find out.
 
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