xp to vista upgrade error

G

Guest

hello while upgrading from xp to vista i encountered an error message. while
expanding files the first 21% went fine. after the restart i get the
following error message anywhere from 40% to 52% the error causes the upgrade
to cease and revert back to my xp version any help would be greatly
appreciated.

stop: oxoooooof4 (oxooooooo3,ox82F84278,ox893b8cd4,oxoooooooo
win32k.sys-address 893b8cd4 base at 892ooooo date stamp 4549aea2

system info
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name KEN-J4HVK6NX
System Manufacturer P4M80P
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3407 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3407 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 10/11/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name KEN-J4HVK6NX\ken
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 571.28 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
 
R

Rick Rogers

Hi,

Is boot time protection in the BIOS disabled? This can cause a failure of
setup to be able to write to the boot sector.

Could you give a short description of your hardware setup and motherboard
make?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 

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