Re: Can't upgrade to XP Pro

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:13:43 -0700

Check your manual and/or contact Dell for restoration procedures using the
CDs provided.

Since Windows XP Home and pro have identical stability and performance,
upgrading from Home to Pro to fix problems is normally not a good idea.
All problems should be resolved first. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Dom1966" <Dom1966@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:58890A7A-BD92-457C-9F6E-AB34719DFC4D@microsoft.com...
>I bought a new Dell P4 2.8G notebook six weeks ago.  I was mazed to 
>discover
> it's slower than my old P3 1G Dell Dimension 4100.  Then it developed a 
> fault
> during boot up that looked like a hard drive problem.  This resulted in
> ocassional boot up problems which required a hard restatrt.
>
> I decided to upgrade from XP Home SP2 to XP Pro SP2 to see if it would
> resolve the speed issue.  I wasn't concerned about the faulty hard disk
> because I figured I would have to get it replaced and I could have the old
> disk's contents mirrored.  Just in case, I saved the HD's files.
>
> I began installing XP pro and all looked fne until it got midway through
> "Installing Devices", at which pont the screen suddenly turned off.  XP 
> pro
> continued to install for another minute or so, then stopped.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think maybe it had finished installing devices and was
> waiting for me to hit okay or something.    But I couldn't because the 
> screen
> was off.  Or maybe it had just 'died'.
>
> I have retried installing it several times (the notebook gives me no 
> choice
> because each time I restart it, it continues to reinstall the devices) but 
> it
> does the exact same thing each time.
>
> I have tried F8/Safe Mode With Command Prompts, but after a few minutes of
> appearing to start up in Safe Mode it finally tells me XP Pro can't.  I 
> have
> also tried just plain Safe Mode.  Same result.
>
> The upshot is that I can neither restore XP Home, halt the installation of
> XP Pro, or use Safe Mode.
>
> If necessary, I can try to reformat the disk and do a clean install, but I
> had hoped to avoid this.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> If not, how do I go about doing a clean install?  I haven't done this on 
> XP
> and don't know if it's the same as 98SE.
>
> Thanks.

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