Re: updating from win 98 to XP pro

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From: Greig [MSFT] (a-gjones_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:49:10 -0700

Hello,

There is a better chance you will get an answer to this question if you post
in this newsgroup:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Greig [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"rainbow26" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:051c01c47a92$706ef3f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am trying to update my machines in my computer lab. All
> of the machines have 512 K ram. Out of the 7 machines I
> have tried only three have been successful. All of the
> machines were purchased at the same time and have the same
> serial number except for the last digit.
>
> The ones that have failed seem to work fine until it is in
> the middle of the windows xp install and I get an I/O
> error.
>
> Does that mean the problem is in the CD Rom?
> I find this hard to believe since it has read the CD
> accurately for at least 30 minutes before the error
> appears.

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