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Problems going from win98 to Xp
Name: falconblueosu Date: October 5, 2003 at 15:10:04 Pacific OS: Windows 98SE CPU/Ram: 750mhz Athalon / 384 RAM
Comment:
I am attemptin to upgrade from 98se to XP home edition and once the computer first restarts to install XP i get an error message about "Line 29 of INF File \$WIN_NT$.BT\winnt.stf" It does not allow me to continue installation. My comp has the latest updates and the microsoft website is not giving me any love. Thanks
Name: kkk Date: October 5, 2003 at 16:00:59 Pacific
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in my experiences with your problem, i have had to either/or both change cd-roms or memory, in some cases, i've had to change the cpu, but rarely.
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Response Number 2
Name: Preston Date: October 5, 2003 at 16:02:37 Pacific
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make it a clean install of xp home. b/c for some reason win98 sometimes has problems upgrading to xp home. just insert your xp home cd, make sure the settings in BIOS are set to boot to cd, and perform a clean install. good luck!
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Response Number 3
Name: RobbieDickon Date: October 5, 2003 at 17:06:55 Pacific
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I have never seen a successful upgrade without problems...
It leaves too many old drivers from the 98 install that are useless and cause conflicts and problems.
since you are using an upgrade disk it is gonna look for a qualifying disk, so you will need to have the 98 disk handy ....
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