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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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:02:24 -0800
Still doesn't answer the question, the retail XP Upgrade CD is bootable.
-- 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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