Re: Cannot migrate from W98 to XP Pro.

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Reggie D. wrote:
When XP Pro checks system compatability get message:
W.XP Pro. stup does not support upgrade from W 98 tp XP Pro. Setup cannot continue.

Are you trying to use an OEM installation CD? OEM CDs *cannot* perform in-place upgrades; they are specifically designed only to be installed upon clean partitions.

Additionally, if the WinXP upgrade advisor says the computer's components aren't capable of supporting WinXP, you can't.

Before starting, 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

How do I proceed please.

Here are some Belarc advisor details of my system:

Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C692BX Processor a Main Circuit Board b
733 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: 693-686 Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 4.51 PG 03/24/00
Drives Memory Modules c,d
32.54 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
30.65 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-104 [CD-ROM drive]
WPI CDRW-4424 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Maxtor 5 4098U8 [Hard drive] (32.54 GB) -- drive 0, rev DA62 384 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 128 MB
Slot '1' has 128 MB
Slot '2' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (FAT32 on drive 0)32.54 GB30.65 GB free



I'm afraid, given those specifications, that the the word "glacial" comes to mind, and you'll want to upgrade to at least 512Mb of Ram and probably a larger hard drive if you're planning on installing many applications. The CPU will be the bottle-neck, I'm afraid. Frankly, I wouldn't put any OS more demanding then Win2K on that old a platform; you may also have problems finding WinXP-compatible device drivers for the computer's components.

Acceptable performance is, of course, a matter of personal opinion and depends entirely upon what *you* expect to do with your computer. If all you want to do is play WinXP's built-in games, send and receive simple emails, browse the Internet (while avoiding the more "ornamental" web sites) etc., such a machine may well meet your needs. If, however, you plan to take advantage of WinXP's multimedia capabilities, play graphic-intensive games, or do advanced word or data processing, such a machine would probably be woefully inadequate.


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