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From: pjhjones on 17 May 2010 09:51 I have an older Windows 2000 machine. I am attempting to upgrade to XP. I do not have the password to log onto the machine and can not get it. I have the XP disk and when I attept to boot from there it stalls at "Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :". And and all suggestions on how to get past this would be appreciated. Thank you,
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 17 May 2010 10:15 "pjhjones" <pjhjones(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B2D79457-76F0-4E3C-A30C-C824233AADAC(a)microsoft.com... > I have an older Windows 2000 machine. I am attempting to upgrade to XP. > > I do not have the password to log onto the machine and can not get it. > > I have the XP disk and when I attept to boot from there it stalls at "Boot > from ATAPI CD-ROM :". > > And and all suggestions on how to get past this would be appreciated. > > Thank you, An upgrade will not resolve your password problems. Best to deal with this issue right now. Type the words forgot Windows password into a Google search box, then take your pick. About your CD-boot: If the boot process stalls then you have a marginal or damaged CD or CD drive. You need to test both by process of elimination: Try your CD on some other machine, then try a different boot CD on your machine.
From: VanguardLH on 17 May 2010 18:42
pjhjones wrote: > I have an older Windows 2000 machine. I am attempting to upgrade to XP. > > I do not have the password to log onto the machine and can not get it. You don't need the password to upgrade. The old OS won't even be loaded when you upgrade. Insert the WinXP upgrade CD and let it find your existing prior install of Win2000. However, I would recommend to always to do a fresh install of any version of Windows instead of dragging along a polluted OS into your new OS. Just have the install CD for Win2000 ready when the WinXP upgrade install wants to find a qualifying install or CD for the prior version. > I have the XP disk and when I attept to boot from there it stalls at "Boot > from ATAPI CD-ROM :". A wholly different problem than the first one. Ask one question per thread to ensure that you get responses to both. Many respondents will only address one issue, and other potential respondents might ignore your thread because they see there are already some other respondents participating and helping out. So is your BIOS configured for its boot drive order to look for the CD drive before it finds the hard disks? |