Re: inplace upgrade on dual boot

From: tlviewer (tlviewerSHRUB_at_yahooCHENEY.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:31:36 -0800

"tlviewer" <tlviewerSHRUB@yahooCHENEY.com> wrote in message
news:uwP$6QnAFHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I have a MicroATX system where I changed the CPU, RAM, and
> motherboard. I planned to upgrade inplace the 3 OS partitions: Win2ksp4,
> WinXPsp1, and SuSE 9.1.
>
> Starting with the Win2ksp3 (its on Disk0, C:), I loaded the Win2ksp3 disk
> and did the upgrade (inplace). Everything went smooth.
>
> Next I loaded the WinXPsp1 disk. It finds the old installation (Disk0,
D:),
> and gets past the first reboot. As its down to the last 8/45 minutes, it
seems
> to crash because it spontaneously reboots without warning. The Grub
>loader menu and the Windows Dual menu are still there. Could these
interfere at all?
>
> I have no idea what could be wrong. It looks like anything else I try will
> involve starting the whole WinXP upgrade over again.
>

I isolated the offending driver: its from the Alcohol 120%, called
a347bus.sys

Using F8 and SAFE MODE, the loading stopped when trying
to load a347bus.sys. This App has 2 drivers that it uses to make
it's Virtual Drive.

Is there a way to uninstall Alcohol_120 from the WinXP command
line? Or how can I prevent the drivers from loading at boot? The
escape key didn't help.

tia,
tlviewer

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