RE: Can't upgrade to XP Pro

From: Andrew E. (eckrichco_at_msn.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:01:03 -0800

 Although you have an xp pro upgrade disk to install,microsoft specifically
 states upgrading home to pro isnt advisable thru explorer.You should do
 a clean install of pro (booting to xp cd),then let it format the disk first,
 then installs pro auto.

"Dom1966" wrote:

> 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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