Re: Upgrading to XP w/SP2 from 98SE, via boot of CD

Nepatsfan wrote:
I am trying to upgrade to XP w/SP2 from 98SE, via boot of CD. The XP Setup
doesn't recognize a previous Windows OS on my comp, so it asked me to insert
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what it states on the CD, anyway.) CD, via a boot from the CD itself, will I
definitely lose all programs and current settings. ???

Let's get the easy stuff out of the way first. You can forget about putting
Vista on your computer. As currently configured, your system doesn't meet the
minimum requirements to install any version of Vista.

Next, as Jim pointed out in his post, while your system meets the minimum
requirements to run XP, it's not going to set any records for speed. Sluggish
would be how I'd describe the performance you can expect. You may not want to
here this, but your system is at the borderline of where I'd consider installing
Windows XP. Even then, I'd do a clean install of XP. It's a lot of work since it
means reinstalling all your programs and restoring your backed up data, but it
will pay off in the long run. Also, it's my opinion that putting any money into
this system by upgrading components would be a waste. You could spend half of
what a new system would cost and achieve a minimal boost in performance.

Now, back to your current problem. Since your XP Upgrade CD is a retail product,
you should be able to get no-charge support from Microsoft for any installation
questions. I can't speak from first hand experience since I've never had the
need to contact them, but you might want to give it a shot. Take a look at this
web site for more info.

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Help and Support
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=3219&gprid=37013

That said, I tried to recreate the problems you ran into during your attempts at
upgrading Windows 98 to Windows XP. First, I installed Windows 98 along with a
few programs on my test system. Once I had Windows 98 configured properly, I put
an XP Home Edition upgrade CD in the drive and started the upgrade process. On
my first attempt, I ran into the same problem you did with Dynamic Update. It
reported back that it couldn't contact the Microsoft server. When I chose to
skip this step, the update continued. I shut down the update process and ran it
a second time. This time the Dynamic Update process went along as expected. You
might want to try running the update from within Windows 98 a number of times to
see if you can get past the Dynamic Update problem. If it keeps failing, try
shutting down your antivirus program and disconnecting from the internet.

Next, I restarted the computer and booted from the XP upgrade CD to confirm that
it would result in a clean installation of XP. I chose to use the existing
C:\Windows folder. As expected, the programs that were installed under Windows
98 were no longer available from the Start menu in XP. They were still on the
hard drive in the Program Files folder, but would not run.

The bottom line is that if you boot from the CD and install XP, you will not
have access to your old programs and data files such as your email messages. If
you can't get the upgrade to run from Windows 98, your only option may be to
back up your files and perform a clean installation of XP.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Thank you for your response. Before I received it last night, I read on
Microsoft's site that if it the install program stopped responding, to try to
wait 10-15 mins to see if it would start up again. I tried this---within the
regular set-up of my comp, via 98SE....not via a boot from the CD-----and it
did indeed start responding again after about just 5-7 mins of stopping
responding. Since the program wasn't reaching the Microsoft update site (as
you discovered, too), I had disconnected my cable internet. After the Dynamic
Update couldn't reach the website, I clicked the 'go on ahead and install'
section, too. (I had done that before, too.....but, after it stopped
responding, of course, I exited the program, rather than trying to wait 10-20
mins, as Microsoft site suggested.) However, when the install tonight got to
analyzing the computer, (it started out telling me that it would take 83 mins
approx for the install------or thereabouts), it stopped telling me that at
about 78 mins., though the program wasn't hanging up, at least not to the
point that it said that when I did Cntrl, Alt, Del to check. The small
multicolored squares at the bottom right of the program's screen, too, never
stopped moving across and across--showing the program was still responding.
The Intro to XP never stopped running over----the screens that tell you all
about what's going to be available both on and with XP. After about an hour,
though, being "stuck" at 78 mins and about 2/3 of the way thru analyzing the
comp, though it still showed the program as 'responding', I then gave up, by
Cntl, Alt, Del and ending the Update process. It asked if I wanted to do that,
I said yes, and then it told me it would spend time 'un-doing' what it'd done
already, it did, and then the program closed as asked. I restarted the comp,
then tried the entire thing again------this time hooking it up to the
internet again, though it can't reach that site anyway. I went thru just what
you mentioned, saying no to the Dynamic Update after the first try, and it
went on again as I just described-----hitting the same hang-up for about 5-6
mins, then responding again. Once again, it stopped at about 2/3 of the
analyzing of the comp, at about 78 mins left in the installation--it said,
and even though I left it on and watched it for about another hour, whilst
the program never stopped responding-----Intro screens still moved, the
bottom-right squares still moved across and across, and Cntl, Alt, Del never
indicated the program wasn't responding.......I then went to bed,leaving it
on all night, occasionally looking at it when I awoke a few times--to find it
doing the same ol' responding (supposedly), and as of this morning when I got
up, it still hadn't moved any further on its graph of analyzing the comp, nor
of the 78 mins time left.

I did read at Microsoft that I could put the FAT32 into that NTSB, but, of
course, that was suggested to be done after I found the XP program to be
working with the comp for a few days AFTER the installation of it, because
one can't change that back. I was hoping that perhaps that might help the
comp not run in the sluggish manner that both you and Jim suggest it to
probably doing once it's installed.
I just can't seem to get it installed. LOL~ I guess I'll try to get ahold
of Microsoft and see what they say about the installation of it right now. I
still don't understand why my comp specs seem to be enough for what is
suggested to have a min. of for XP, and why you and Jim don't seem to think
that will be good enough......though, don't get me wrong, ....I trust that....
..I just don't get it. ha~ I did find at Microsoft last night that I wouldn't
have enough on my comp, at this point, to do Vista.

BTW, would adding an external hard drive add enough comp specs to do Vista? I
know you both suggest a new comp, but those are considerably more in cost as
to what I could afford to do right now. ;-0
Thanks for your help here....

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