System hangs constantly and loses DSL connection

[Glenn]

My XP Pro with Service Pack 1 hangs constantly. It is
basically worthless since I upgraded from WIN 98 to XP. I
can find no hardware conflicts. Would converting my
system file from FAT 32 to NTFS help or not?

I am running and AMD Athlon processor at 698 MHZ and 384
MD of Ram. I have a 20 GIG hard drive and it is running
with 9.78 GB of free space.

Also I cannot keep my DSL connection. I lose it
especially when I try to download files.

This will hang without any error messages. The system
just freezes. Mouse, keyboard and everything is frozen.

Any help would be appreciated.

Glenn

[NoNoBadDog!]

You upgraded from win98. I would do a wipe and clean install.

Bobby

"Glenn" > wrote in message
...
> My XP Pro with Service Pack 1 hangs constantly. It is
> basically worthless since I upgraded from WIN 98 to XP. I
> can find no hardware conflicts. Would converting my
> system file from FAT 32 to NTFS help or not?
>
> I am running and AMD Athlon processor at 698 MHZ and 384
> MD of Ram. I have a 20 GIG hard drive and it is running
> with 9.78 GB of free space.
>
> Also I cannot keep my DSL connection. I lose it
> especially when I try to download files.
>
> This will hang without any error messages. The system
> just freezes. Mouse, keyboard and everything is frozen.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Glenn

[Carl]

Format that hard drive, get rid of everything that was win 98.
"Glenn" > wrote in message
...
> My XP Pro with Service Pack 1 hangs constantly. It is
> basically worthless since I upgraded from WIN 98 to XP. I
> can find no hardware conflicts. Would converting my
> system file from FAT 32 to NTFS help or not?
>
> I am running and AMD Athlon processor at 698 MHZ and 384
> MD of Ram. I have a 20 GIG hard drive and it is running
> with 9.78 GB of free space.
>
> Also I cannot keep my DSL connection. I lose it
> especially when I try to download files.
>
> This will hang without any error messages. The system
> just freezes. Mouse, keyboard and everything is frozen.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Glenn