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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / September 2007problems upgrading 98 installed on D: to XP?
When I try to upgrade win98 installed on D: of a disk with partitions C/D/E/F to XP everything goes OK till I reboot the computer and then I get a reboots after the splash screen, and windows finds disk errors as it reboots over and over again. Is there some inherent problem with upgrading 98>XP on drive D, rather then C? I have checked the drive and eliminated any possibility that it is bad. TIA Dave Checked the drive, how? You used the hd manu checking utiity? > When I try to upgrade win98 installed on D: of a disk with partitions > C/D/E/F to XP everything goes OK till I reboot the computer and then I get [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dave > Checked the drive, how? > You used the hd manu checking utiity? No, I have not used the manufacturers drive test utility since the problem is the same on several different drives. I have used several drives that I cloned from the original 98 drive with Ghost. That way I still have a working win98 system until I get this problem solved. The drive errors come up when XP says it thinks there is a problem with the drive and does a scan before the bootup and finds are various problems with the registry and size of files and partitions etc (always different). XP fixes them and then goes through the same cyle again. The newly installed XP will boot up in the safe mode without problems, but as soon as it goes to starting XP, the screen goes blank it starts the disk error cycle. The only difference I can figure between this and other successful 98>XP upgrades that I have done is that 98 is on D, the second partition. Dave >> When I try to upgrade win98 installed on D: of a disk with partitions >> C/D/E/F to XP everything goes OK till I reboot the computer and then I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> Dave Doesnt make any difference that you o/s is on D You stated that you had checked the drive? Since you say that you've tried this on several different drives why have'nt you done a clean instal of xp on a clean disk, ie one in which all partitions have been deleted. Your hardware is compatible with winxp? >> Checked the drive, how? >> You used the hd manu checking utiity? [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>> >>> Dave > Doesnt make any difference that you o/s is on D > > You stated that you had checked the drive? yes > Since you say that you've tried this on several different drives why > have'nt you done a clean instal of xp on a clean disk, ie one in which all > partitions have been deleted. I don't want a clean install since there are a number of programs on the 98 drive that I have no way to restore on a clean XP system. > Your hardware is compatible with winxp? When I run the XP compatibility test, my 98 system passes. Dave >>> Checked the drive, how? >>> You used the hd manu checking utiity? [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>> >>>> Dave 1) Since you have several drives you can afford to lose one with a clean install 2) How did you check the disk? 3) You verified your Ghost backup/clone? >> Doesnt make any difference that you o/s is on D >> [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Dave > 1) Since you have several drives you can afford to lose one with a clean > install OK I will try it. FWIW, my 98>XP upgrades run fine until I try to reboot, and they run fine in XP safe mode even after errors get fixed by XP scan. > 2) How did you check the disk? 98 ran fine from cloned disk, as did scandisk. I have even reinstalled 98 just to make sure it is ok. As well as running XP upgrade test on 98 from the XP CD. > 3) You verified your Ghost backup/clone? 98 ran fine from cloned disk, as did scandisk I have even reinstalled 98 just to make sure it is ok. As well as running XP upgrade test on 98 from the XP CD. Dave >>> Doesnt make any difference that you o/s is on D >>> [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave |
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