Re: CAN'T BOOT INTO XP (THE 98-XP UPGRADE WORKED INITIALLY)-HELP!

The upgrade version simply needs to 'see' the earlier o/s cd, there is no
need to upgrade over an installed earlier version.
Since the two o/s are so different a clean installation is often best and
gives the least number of problems.
The early version o/s cd forms part of your upgrade licence.

Any thoughts; well yes it seems like you relied on default winxp drivers,
and its possible files have been corrupted.

"ANA" <ANA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks DL, but ideally I'd like to upgrade since I bought the upgrade
product. I might be willing to clean install as a last resort* if it's
legal.

I did backup data of course but when I initially did boot into Win XP &
saw
my directory structure, etc it was nice. I think I should be able to get
this upgrade to work since it did boot into XP initially but now it is
stuck
in the CHKDSK-verifying files & folders loop mode.

Other thoughts? -Thanks

"DL" wrote:

Since winxp is a totally different o/s to win 9* perhaps you should have
performed a clean installation, then installed drivers from the Laptop
manu
for winxp

"ANA" <ANA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, So I at first successfully upgraded my notebook from 98-XP since
product
support ends on July 11 (otherwise 98 still worked fine) all seemed
great
in
XP but then after a reboot all I get are "One of your disks needs to
be
checked for consistency"-then runs CHKDSK & says the like:

"\WINDOWS\DUMP7955.tmp is crosslinked on allocation unit 1424732"

claims to have fixed it & 6 files that don't match their size then
tries
to
load XP & the whole thing starts over again!

I can not even get into Safe Mode or Use Last Known working
Configuration!-Nightmare!



http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=8430&gprid=37012
says I get 2 free calls OR emails but not open this weekend...so I
turn to
you nice people.

Any ideas? It initially booted into XP, the only thing I changed was
some
display settings I liked, still worked but after reboot I get this
cycle
of
"One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency" with no end.

Pre-upgrade I had checked my HD for errors (none), malware & freed up
8 GB
& defragmented & all was fine with Win98 & initial XP boot so I feel
there
should be hope here!

Appreciate any help, I'm generally good with PCs but frankly had heard
some
horror stories about upgrading to XP & have been waiting for
Merom-XP/Vista
notebooks to buy next notebook. This 15" LCD is still flawless &
notebook
does exceed all MSFT listed system requirements for XP.

This Dell Inspiron 7000, 384 RAM, P366, 30GB HD, 8MB VRAM, DVD,
docking
station cost a pretty penny back in 1999 but I've read people have
been
able
to upgrade this Inspiron 7000 to XP..and otherwise still was reliable
before
this (CompUSA bought rebate) XP upgrade. What can I say I'm a
conservationist and don't want to toss a notebook that should work in
both
98
& XP!

Thank you so much for your help,






.

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