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Computer question
I know this is an automobile site, but I need help. I'm sure there is a fellow computer guy running around on here somewhere.
I have Win98SE currently installed on my computer, and I'm trying to install WinXP Corporate - the version of XP that you don't have to mess with Activation, etc - and it won't go. It'll load up everything like its going to, but when it says 'please wait while windows starts' it just hangs. Every time, whether I go through the upgrade or new install. Anybody have any help for me? ^_^
I have Win98SE currently installed on my computer, and I'm trying to install WinXP Corporate - the version of XP that you don't have to mess with Activation, etc - and it won't go. It'll load up everything like its going to, but when it says 'please wait while windows starts' it just hangs. Every time, whether I go through the upgrade or new install. Anybody have any help for me? ^_^
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Possible your pc is not XP compatible ????
XP is a LARGE operating system....
see if the install has a "check pc" mode or something to see if it xp compatible...
I think the Microsoft web site used to have that...
good luck...
XP is a LARGE operating system....
see if the install has a "check pc" mode or something to see if it xp compatible...
I think the Microsoft web site used to have that...
good luck...
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did perform a clean install? if not format the hard drive, or buy a new drive {cheap upgrade}, i have the same op system, a clean install is always best. 
min. requirements 233 penll 128 ram slow fast 500 +ram
min. requirements 233 penll 128 ram slow fast 500 +ram
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AMD Athlon XP 1.8Ghz CPU running at only 550Mhz (Bridges are fubar)
512MB 333Mhz DDR
GeForce3 Ti 500 64MB DDR Graphics
KT600-based chipset
Just the primary components - it has no problem with being compatible or too slow.
I've let it sit in there for over a half hour so far...still sitting at the same screen. I don't think its going anywhere.
512MB 333Mhz DDR
GeForce3 Ti 500 64MB DDR Graphics
KT600-based chipset
Just the primary components - it has no problem with being compatible or too slow.
I've let it sit in there for over a half hour so far...still sitting at the same screen. I don't think its going anywhere.
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Please dont tell me you tried to overclock it. -sigh-
I will send an e-mail to you, I think I could be of help.
I will send an e-mail to you, I think I could be of help.
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youve got the guts, but are you starting it from a freshly formatted drive? f-disked? the reason i ask is some operating systems will not load with a existing op in place unless you partition it to do so , i run win 2000 and xp pro on the same drive.but with a 50/50 split partition
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I didn't try to overclock the thing.
It either surged and tripped the AMD version of the 'limp home mode' or the bridges are messed up. I'm believing the latter since it can't surge - the capaciters still flow properly by voltage.
550Mhz is enough to run WinXP. It was running XP before I fubar'd my last install. Don't ask.......=P
I'll have to try wiping my C drive then. Or...actually maybe I'll disconnect my C drive I have now and copy all my files from D Drive to C and then make D the C drive and drop XP onto it...then I can go in with my Knoppix linux distro and copy everything over. hm....if anybody else has any idea what to do..or why it hangs..?
It either surged and tripped the AMD version of the 'limp home mode' or the bridges are messed up. I'm believing the latter since it can't surge - the capaciters still flow properly by voltage.
550Mhz is enough to run WinXP. It was running XP before I fubar'd my last install. Don't ask.......=P
I'll have to try wiping my C drive then. Or...actually maybe I'll disconnect my C drive I have now and copy all my files from D Drive to C and then make D the C drive and drop XP onto it...then I can go in with my Knoppix linux distro and copy everything over. hm....if anybody else has any idea what to do..or why it hangs..?
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I currently have two hard drives. C drive has my Win98SE onboard, while my D Drive is formated with 1/3 fat32 for a swap where I leave all my multimedia files, and the rest is Reiserfs (Linux filesystem). I was thinking of going in with my CD-ROM-bootable Linux distro and reformatting D drive to be completely Fat32 and then copy all my files from that drive onto my C Drive. Then...just install XP onto the D drive as if it were the main..and make it my primary. I dunno..I guess I'm just thinking to myself.
This all stems from me getting ****ed at XP 6 months ago and going to Linux. But...Linux never did work right and I couldn't get my Audigy to work in any of my distributions (Suse, Redhat, or Mandrake) so I said goodbye to Kernel a while back and have had Win98SE...but my darn WiFi won't cooperate. Plus...bah its all fubar so I'm just going to go to WinXP and be done with it. I never had trouble with my Wifi stuff with XP.
This all stems from me getting ****ed at XP 6 months ago and going to Linux. But...Linux never did work right and I couldn't get my Audigy to work in any of my distributions (Suse, Redhat, or Mandrake) so I said goodbye to Kernel a while back and have had Win98SE...but my darn WiFi won't cooperate. Plus...bah its all fubar so I'm just going to go to WinXP and be done with it. I never had trouble with my Wifi stuff with XP.
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Try removeing all your addin cards and disabling all onboard stuff like nic's sound, parallel/serial ports and modems in the bios so that you have only the bare bones devices working. Then if you get a good load you can turn them back on and reinstall the cards one at a time. You may have a legacy device that XP don't like.
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Here's want I check for BEFORE installing an OS.
1. Wipe the HHD
2. Erase any partitions
3. Set the bios so that the system runs at potential
4. Set bios to Plug-n-Play OS = NO
5. Format the drive to NTFS
6. Install OS. XP only allows so many installs per disk, so if the disk has exceeded those limits you'll have problems.
7. DO NOT INSTALL ANT 3RD PARTY DRIVERS!!!!!
Hope it helps.
1. Wipe the HHD
2. Erase any partitions
3. Set the bios so that the system runs at potential
4. Set bios to Plug-n-Play OS = NO
5. Format the drive to NTFS
6. Install OS. XP only allows so many installs per disk, so if the disk has exceeded those limits you'll have problems.
7. DO NOT INSTALL ANT 3RD PARTY DRIVERS!!!!!
Hope it helps.
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I've had problems installing the XPpro Corp 2600 edition also, only on one box, a laptop , with less reosourses than your box. I just rebooted and tried several times till it loaded. It load's perfectly on a desktop.
WiFI is a bit problamatic in *nix , but many cards work , with a little help , it's not an Orinoco 8410 by any chance ?
WiFi cards are getting pretty cheap, so if you are unable to get it workin id get a new one , it's a small price to pay for a great OS , faster, more secure ( pretty much virus free) , Mandrake works pretty OK with WiFI ....
Good luck d00d :-)
WiFI is a bit problamatic in *nix , but many cards work , with a little help , it's not an Orinoco 8410 by any chance ?
WiFi cards are getting pretty cheap, so if you are unable to get it workin id get a new one , it's a small price to pay for a great OS , faster, more secure ( pretty much virus free) , Mandrake works pretty OK with WiFI ....
Good luck d00d :-)