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From: bill on 17 May 2010 09:19
I'm sure this topic has been done to death so hope you will bear with
me. I have an AMD K6-2 500 256M RAM that was running 98 and when 98 got
flaky I thought I'd do a clean install of XP. I've now tried four times
and every time shortly following a succesful restart the display goes in
to power saver mode and the activity LEDs for the hard drive and CD are
both hard on and nothing actually happens. The machine is fine in that
I've reinstalled 98 without difficulty.

Short of going back to 98 does anyone have any suggestions to allow XP
to be installed?

Ta,

Alec
From: philo on 17 May 2010 18:55
On 05/17/2010 08:19 AM, bill(a)hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm sure this topic has been done to death so hope you will bear with
> me. I have an AMD K6-2 500 256M RAM that was running 98 and when 98 got
> flaky I thought I'd do a clean install of XP. I've now tried four times
> and every time shortly following a succesful restart the display goes in
> to power saver mode and the activity LEDs for the hard drive and CD are
> both hard on and nothing actually happens. The machine is fine in that
> I've reinstalled 98 without difficulty.
>
> Short of going back to 98 does anyone have any suggestions to allow XP
> to be installed?
>
> Ta,
>
> Alec



hit F8 just before the OS loads and see if you can get to safe mode
From: Bruce Chambers on 17 May 2010 21:22
bill(a)hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm sure this topic has been done to death so hope you will bear with
> me. I have an AMD K6-2 500 256M RAM that was running 98 and when 98 got
> flaky I thought I'd do a clean install of XP. I've now tried four times
> and every time shortly following a succesful restart the display goes in
> to power saver mode and the activity LEDs for the hard drive and CD are
> both hard on and nothing actually happens. The machine is fine in that
> I've reinstalled 98 without difficulty.
>
> Short of going back to 98 does anyone have any suggestions to allow XP
> to be installed?
>
> Ta,
>
> Alec


Have you made sure that your computer's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many models
in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class
Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite
sensitive to borderline defective or substandard hardware (particularly
motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639

Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm


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From: bill on 18 May 2010 03:01
Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
> Have you made sure that your computer's hardware components are
> capable of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
> manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
> (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
> Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
> hardware components or applications.
>
> You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
> there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
> components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
> Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
> with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
> hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many models
> in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class
> Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite
> sensitive to borderline defective or substandard hardware (particularly
> motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.
>
> HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639
>
> Upgrading to Windows XP
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

Many thanks Bruce, I'll follow up on your suggestions. I should perhaps
explane I normally use Macs and have very little experience with Windows
hence the question. I sort of assumed everything was fine as the pc
booted of the XP install CD and the install started but clearly not.
Oddly I have install XP on a Compaq Deskpro of similar specification
(PIII/450 4G 256M) with out a hitch.

Thanks again,

Alec
From: bill on 18 May 2010 11:57
Well it's sorted. The way the install failed had me wondering if it was
a hard drive/IDE controller issue, following the comments about hardware
compatibility. As I had an Adaptec SCSI controller to hand I connected
it to a spare SCSI disc out of a MAC and the install went without a
hitch and it's running fine. Just off to get rid of the TeleTubby look!

Alec
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