Re: Problem Installing WinXP?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 19:49:09 -0600

Greetings --

    Have you made sure that 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) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

    You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
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
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

HOW TO Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You
Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q310064

Bruce Chambers 

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"BobK" <rk1@usernomics[no spam].com> wrote in message 
news:x08tc.13357$Fo4.187433@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to clean install WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig, 512 MB, 
> 2 Hard
> drives. Windows formatted the drive fine and started to run the 
> setup
> program. However, when it gets ready to start the actual install it 
> goes to
> a dos screen and says that
>
> NTLDR is missing. Press any key to start your CD. When I press a key 
> it
> reboots again. So I never get into the install part of the cdrom.
>
> One person thought that the hard drive might be bad or old. It was 
> running
> Win98 fine.
>
> Does anyone know what might be the problem or what I might try?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
>
>

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