My XP Pro will not install, why?

Question

I am trying to updgrade from 98 to XP Pro, but XP pro will not install, no matter what. I have tried from BIOS, from 98, just about everything. Sometime it will freeze while loading, sometimes while copying files, its always something. This computer has run XP before, flawlessly. What is wrong?

It will not work with BIOS

Answer 1

You cannot upgrade from 98 to XP Pro, You can upgrade to XP but not Pro.

Answer 2

Do a Windows "Clean Install", not an upgrade from 98, (for instructions go to: (www.theeldergeek.com).

When asked by XP, format the drive using NTFS.

Then all will be well, assuming XP is legal.

Answer 3

Hello

1. You cannot update from Windows 98. You need a clean install.

2. If you say your computer ran XP before with no problems, check the hardware for errors in Win98 first (complete scan) and check the installation CD of Windows XP for problems. It could be a reading error from the drive.

Answer 4

In that I can't see your system, this is a guess, but you may not have enough resources in you system. XP will need at least 256 megs of ram and a hard drive that has 8 or so gigs of available open storage space. If you are a little low on ram, XP can't load all of it's installation files.

Answer 5

XP was designed to run on a NTFS partition. Windows 98 was designed to run on a FAT or FAT32 partition. While XP will run on a FAAT partition it runs best under NTFS.
I would recommend you conduct a Quick Wipe with Kill Disk. This will clean all of the data from your drive.
It also sounds like you could have a bad memory module. I would also recommend a Memory scan

http://www.KillDisk.com/
http://www.memtest.org/

Answer 6

Instructions from Microsoft Here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/matrix.mspx