Re: NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 03/18/04

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    Still doesn't answer the question, the retail XP Upgrade CD is bootable. 

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"roadrunner" <gudgriefNOSPAM@lycos.com> wrote in message 
news:OQ66c.64$Rr5.46755@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> The idea was to upgrade Home to Pro.
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> message news:%230ouyG9CEHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> It's not bootable?  What is this disk, is this a recovery disk provided 
>> by
>> the manufacturer?  If yes, it likely can only install based on a
>> configuration it recognizes.  All retail XP Pro and Home disks are
> bootable,
>> so are the full OEM versions unless they happen to be proprietary 
>> versions
>> supplied by the system manufacturer but those are usually recovery CDs.
>>
>> Further, if this is an XP CD as opposed to some recovery CD, setup may be
>> having a problem with the configuration on your hard drive seeing both
> Home
>> and Win2K.  If you have two bootable partitions and both already have
>> operating systems installed, where were you going to install XP?
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "roadrunner" <gudgriefNOSPAM@lycos.com> wrote in message
>> news:AAP5c.138761$jx3.9295758@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> >I doubt it's OEM.
>> > It's definitely not bootable.
>> >
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote 
>> > in
>> > message news:uh%239s17CEHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> Would the XP Pro CD you have happen to be an OEM disk?  If yes, this
> disk
>> >> cannot upgrade, it can only be installed to a clean hard drive or
>> > partition
>> >> on which no previous version of Windows is installed.
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "roadrunner" <bgriefer@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:8lM5c.86737$%d3.5716626@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> >> >I read the article, although it deals with stuff I'm not familiar
> with.
>> >> > I think I did what it said to do.
>> >> > Now when I click "Install Windows XP," nothing happens at all.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> 
>> >> > wrote
>> >> > in
>> >> > message news:eNeN14hCEHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Please check the following Knowledge Base Article.  While the
> symptom
>> > of
>> >> >> when the problem occurs is different in the article, it all points
> to
>> > the
>> >> >> same issue:
>> >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314106
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -- 
>> >> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Total Exterminator" <total.exterminatorREMOVE@myrealbox.com> wrote
> in
>> >> >> message news:e3knpvhCEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> > Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
>> >> >> >> Windows XP is not a program...it's an "Operating System".
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> > But a gui is a "Definition: [n]  a user interface based on
> graphics
>> >> > (icons
>> >> >> > and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as 
>> >> >> > a
>> >> >> > keyboard as an input device
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >  Synonyms: GUI
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >  See Also: dialog box, icon, interface, panel, user interface
>> >> >> > Total :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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