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Loading xp home upgrade
Name: Andy Date: December 2, 2001 at 11:05:20 Pacific
Comment:
I am having trouble upgrading from win 98 to xp home. On install WINNT32 caused an invalid page fault in module KRNL386.exe at 0002:00007bf8.i ,any ideas.Win 98 was a clean install before loading xp.
Name: warwagon Date: December 2, 2001 at 11:17:19 Pacific
Reply:
do a deletree of the windows Directory and then boot from the xp cd and do a clean install
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike Date: December 2, 2001 at 11:26:46 Pacific
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Always do a clean install on a formated HD this will eliminate so many potential problems, if you have the 98 disks or CD then you are laughing your xp home upgrade will do the work.
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Response Number 3
Name: Andrew Date: December 2, 2001 at 11:41:11 Pacific
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Thanks for the advice. Iv'e formatted a few times trying with xp cd, also with xp bootdisk copied off of internet,same problem.Im not sure how to delete windows dir in dos, any advice welcome. Thanks in advance.
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Response Number 4
Name: djgarf Date: December 2, 2001 at 13:32:21 Pacific
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boot to dos with a windows 98 boot disk change to c:\ type deletree windows then run cd setup!!
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Summary: Burritonator, there is some inconsistencies between the thread topic and your message. Accordingly, you do not qualify for XP Home upgrade on a system running NT but you do qualify for the XP Pro upg...
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