Re: trying to upgrade to windows xp,but getting error message

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lee wrote:
I am trying to upgrade from microsoft 98 to windows sx sp2...during the installation procees,or installing windows, it brought up an error message cannot load c:/windows/desktop/i386/win9xmig/wmp/migrate.dll,rc=31[error=31(1fh)]
Error: upgrade failed during process creation....

Can anyone help?


Have you verified that all of 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)

You should also take a few minutes to ensure that there are WinXP-specific device drivers available for all of the machine's internal 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 early 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.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm


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