Slow upgrade

[Brad]

I am currently trying to upgrade a station in our office
from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Pro. I started at noon,
and it is still installing 6 hours later.

Is this normal? It seems to be advancing, but something
seems wrong since it is taking so long.

The station is a Pentium II, 350 mhz, 256m ram, 56x cdrom
6 gb hd, etc.

Thanks - btw - my email above won't work, as it is my
station that is crunching!!

[Tom Foolery]

Don't think your computer meets the minimum requirements for WinXP. It may
load (eventually) and it may run (poorly), but I think you need an more
powerful system to enjoy WinXP.


"Brad" > wrote in message
...
> I am currently trying to upgrade a station in our office
> from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Pro. I started at noon,
> and it is still installing 6 hours later.
>
> Is this normal? It seems to be advancing, but something
> seems wrong since it is taking so long.
>
> The station is a Pentium II, 350 mhz, 256m ram, 56x cdrom
> 6 gb hd, etc.
>
> Thanks - btw - my email above won't work, as it is my
> station that is crunching!!

[brad]

It did finally finish, and the system does meet the
minimum requirements. I just didn't expect it to take 7
hours! Seems to doing fine, printer drivers are a little
fishy in ACAD 2004, but everything else seems to be
good.
>-----Original Message-----
>Don't think your computer meets the minimum requirements
for WinXP. It may
>load (eventually) and it may run (poorly), but I think
you need an more
>powerful system to enjoy WinXP.
>
>
>"Brad" > wrote in message
...
>> I am currently trying to upgrade a station in our
office
>> from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Pro. I started at
noon,
>> and it is still installing 6 hours later.
>>
>> Is this normal? It seems to be advancing, but
something
>> seems wrong since it is taking so long.
>>
>> The station is a Pentium II, 350 mhz, 256m ram, 56x
cdrom
>> 6 gb hd, etc.
>>
>> Thanks - btw - my email above won't work, as it is my
>> station that is crunching!!
>
>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

Brad wrote:
> I am currently trying to upgrade a station in our office
> from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Pro. I started at noon,
> and it is still installing 6 hours later.
>
> Is this normal? It seems to be advancing, but something
> seems wrong since it is taking so long.
>
> The station is a Pentium II, 350 mhz, 256m ram, 56x cdrom
> 6 gb hd, etc.
>
> Thanks - btw - my email above won't work, as it is my
> station that is crunching!!

It's normal if you've initiated the upgrade from DOS and have not loaded
smartdrive.


--
Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User