Re: XP Pro with SP1

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:55:49 -0600

JIJI wrote:
> I have been trying for the past week to get the XP Pro
> with SP1 to load properly in my computer. So far I have
> loaded it three times and in that three times I have lost
> the use of my dvd drive, all the data on my 250 gb scsi
> drive and my patients with this. I am installing from a
> new disk and it is really irritating to have to go
> through all of these troubles and more to get this OS to
> load. I am about to attempt my fourth load because the
> installation wizard is not working properly, the drivers
> for my two other cd drives has been corrupted somehow,
> and when I put in the OS disk, it doesn't offer to repair
> itself. Is there any relief for this?

    Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

    You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x. 

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