Ok heres onr that microsoft can't tell me the answer to. I an upgrading from win.98 to xp, the pc is a HP Pavilion e310 996mghz pros. 256mem. mets all requirements. the computer runs find no troubles. Now when I went to upgrade/ even tried new install, it freezes in a matter of a few seconds. 30-40 seconds. nothing responds i've tried upgrading and new iinstall/ formatted the HD all works uo to the install and it locks up. what going on? The pc had Xp on it before and worked fine (had to format before and only had the 98 reinstall cd) just bought xp cd and am haveing this problem. MS worked with me and IT! for hours today but no luck. ANY help would be great quickest answer that works gets the points ty all
2007-03-03 13:02:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Well i have tried just upgrading(freezes) new install( freezes) and formated first (freezes) lol FDICK wiped everthing out and it still freezes dureing install of xp. worked fine before no freezes with 98 or xp in the past. Its strange lol Microsoft is confussed so i came to the experts
2007-03-03 15:26:00 · update #1
Xp should work on it fine but windows 98 run faster on this machine about the freeze , did that happen before installing the other programs or just windows,if just windows it might be bad driver for the hard ware or the hard drive has bad tracks I have two hp pavilion 633 one has xp and one has 98 and both work fine except the 98 is faster because 98 require 64 mb ran and xp require 128
2007-03-03 13:15:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might recommend that you format the hd in the setup. When you format it ask you if you want to format ntfs quick or the second option. The second one takes longer but does a higher level format. I do it occassionally when i reinstall. I have had it lock up on me with a compaq evo before never found the solution. i would try a different format method. That is the best solution to my knowledge.
2007-03-03 13:10:01 · answer #2 · answered by a s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you removed the windows 98 first?
2007-03-03 13:08:07 · answer #3 · answered by Larry-Oklahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a bad RAM stick, make sure it's seated properly.
2007-03-03 13:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by Fix My PC Mike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋