XP is setup and working! I forgot to post the outcome of all this. I copied the single file that I had forgotten about, and XP setup with no...
More weirdness Charles - the weird thing about all this is that I have two Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 disks here that my brother got from...
Disk problem, maybe I contacted Cal, who didn't think his problem applied to me. Further developments indicate that Arie was on the right...
Will do Charles, I'll contact CAL directly, as you suggest, and see what he thinks of my situation. Many thanks.
Uhhh. Charlesvar, thanks for the response, and I hope you'll forgive me when I say the picture that came into my head after I read your response...
Cd? Well, I suppose it could be the Upgrade to XP CD which is at fault, but before going through the hassle of buying another one, I'd like to...
And one more Just finished trying to use the other CD drive on this computer to setup XP and it ended in failure, too, with the message: "An...
Another dead-end Well, I'm back at the attempt to setup Windows XP as an upgrade from Windows 98SE. Today I tried a technique which was...
Memory test; disc source I downloaded Memtest89, version 3.2 and ran it. It did one pass and found no memory errors and I quit the program...
Tests I downloaded Microsoft's "Windows Memory Diagnostic" program early in this struggle, and it didn't find any memory errors. I'll look at...
Hologram Yes, the CD has a golden color, and is full of holograms. On it are printed, "Upgrade" , "Do Not Make Illegal Copies of This Disc ",...
XP loading trouble Sorry to be late with this reply - didn't see page 2 at the bottom of the screen on this discussion until this morning. I am...
The disc was purchased by my brother over eBay, and certainly looks like a real Microsoft product. It came in a folder, with its Product Key...
Result of formatting internal hard drive and trying XP upgrade Well, last night I copied everything on my internal hard drive to the big external...
My computer My computer has 384 MB RAM and a Pentium III processor and a 10 GB internal hard drive and a 150 GB external hard drive. I suppose...
I have an old Gateway computer with Windows 98SE on it and recently got Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 Upgrade and have been trying...
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