Re: Will A WindowsXP Upgrade Repair Win98 Problems

I don't think Malke assumed any such thing..
If the hardware is failing, there would be no reason for Malke to suggest a Clean Installation of Windows 98.

"failing computer" is extremely vague and can mean hardware or software.
The OPs issues suggest a failure, specific cause as hardware or software yet unknown.

In any case, an upgrade should not be performed to repair software issues.
All problems should be resolved before the upgrade is attempted.

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"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > Jim:
Malke is making an assumption that you're dealing with a failing PC (hardware-wise). That may well be a valid assumption and to the extent that it is I would agree that an XP upgrade would be a useless endeavor.

But on the other hand...

VxD error messages in the Win9x/Me environment can arise from a whole host of reasons - both software & hardware. Misconfiguration of components, conflicting device drivers, defective equipment, software conflicts - the list goes on & on. In our experience we frequently found that a reinstallation of the OS was all that was necessary to correct the problem (even when we couldn't track down the precise cause of the problem).

So if you are unable to resolve the problem within your current OS and and assuming your basic hardware has the "horsepower" to run XP, i..e, processor power, sufficient RAM, etc. - which you can check out - I'm wondering whether it might be worthwhile to at least try to "upgrade" your system to XP and hopefully resolve the problem that way.

If you decide to go that route, it would be prudent (I would even say essential) to backup whatever files are important to you before undertaking the XP upgrade process. There's no guarantee that data won't be lost as a result of doing this. And a strong possibility that you might have to reinstall programs even if the upgrade is successful. Best of all would be for you to use a disk imaging program to create a clone of your HDD before undertaking the upgrade.
Anna


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