upgrading

[BOB?]

>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to upgrade to windows xp from 98 but I kept
>getting a fatal error code(63eff58h) can any one help me
>.
>Ok this happend to me once with Windows 3.1 and
upgradeing it to 95. Well, eventually when the computer
starts up push i think its F1 when it briefly says run
setup push F1 then it takes you to a screen with some
buttons on it. If up grade software is not on there then
you need to take everything off you your hard disk so
that your computer runs on DOS. YOU WILL LOOSE
EVERYTHING! So if you can find another way do that. But
if not then Hopefully you bought the expensive
NON_UPGRADE version of WINDOWS XP wich you can install
from DOS.

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

BOB? wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I am trying to upgrade to windows xp from 98 but I kept
> > getting a fatal error code(63eff58h) can any one help me
> > .
> > Ok this happend to me once with Windows 3.1 and
> upgradeing it to 95. Well, eventually when the computer
> starts up push i think its F1 when it briefly says run
> setup push F1 then it takes you to a screen with some
> buttons on it. If up grade software is not on there then
> you need to take everything off you your hard disk so
> that your computer runs on DOS. YOU WILL LOOSE
> EVERYTHING! So if you can find another way do that. But
> if not then Hopefully you bought the expensive
> NON_UPGRADE version of WINDOWS XP wich you can install
> from DOS.
If he has a hardware issue that's blocking the upgrade, he still won't be
able to install XP. Even if he had the full version of XP, if he has a
hardware issue, it will block setup.

There is no DOS install for XP. You either boot from the CD or use the
downloadable boot floppies on computers without the ability to boot from the
CD.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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