Re: CONVERTING FROM WIN98 TO XP (hard drive errors)
From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:17:23 -0500
Hi, DROLIJ.
You need to make a choice: MS-DOS or WinXP. Either of them can do a fine
job of partitioning and formatting your hard disk drive - but they don't mix
very well. Use one or the other.
Having chosen WinXP, now you should throw away the MS-DOS boot disk that you
used with Win9x/ME. Or at least, hide that diskette so that you will never
be tempted to use it again. FDISK.exe and Format.exe are MS-DOS commands
that WinXP doesn't understand and can't use. WinXP does have other tools
(especially Disk Management and the Recovery Console) to do the same jobs.
The WinXP CD-ROM has all the tools you need to repartition and reformat your
hard drive. Just put the CD in the drive, reboot, and follow the prompts.
Read the messages carefully; sometimes they don't say what we expect them to
say, and just automatically pressing Enter often is not the right response.
It is not clear from your post whether you have a single HD with a single
partition, or some other arrangement, or how many partitions you want to end
up with. If Win98 was pre-installed on your computer by the manufacturer,
there may be hidden partitions or other features that you will need to deal
with. Details of what you should do next depend on (a) where you are now
(no matter how you got here) and (b) where you want to end up. If you will
tell us those, we can probably help you get from (a) to (b).
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "DROLIJ" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2f1001c49f19$4d1ab050$a301280a@phx.gbl... > When converting to WIN XP Home from WIN98SE, I was not > aware of a need to delete the original partition before > formatting with the XP disk. The hard drive went through > the motion of trying to load XP. The system drivers and > executables were loaded to the drive, but it would not > load the main OS program. It is now stuck in a loop > startup of initial system install and load completion. > The OS (XP) will not fully install. Doesn't even make it > to the "key code" input. I was told to use a WIN98 boot > disk and run FDISK, then reboot, create a new partition, > reboot, reformat, then load from the CD. After learning > of this sequence, I tried to regress back through the > process of FDISK, but the hard drive isn't recognized - > (no fixed disk present)is the response. It will still try > to load the XP CD, but really just goes in a loop and > never finishes the install. > Has anyone been down this road and if so, what is the > work around?
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