win xp

[warlok]

ive just installed win xp on old computer...it works fine after a clean install..but when i upgrade win 98 to xp on the 1.4 it hangs while loading...any ideas why it would be doing this???

[RedDeathDrinker]

Yes. It hangs, because this question is in the wrong forum.

Software and Operating Systems for you, my laddo.....:D

[warlok]

oops i must have been sleeping when i put that there :)

[Mr B]

**Moved post to "Software and Operating Systems".**

Mr B

[martyt]

Do you mean that it hangs during the installation of XP or that XP installs and then the program hangs when it is loaded after first installing OK??

I had some problems with bringing over settings from ME but the program informed me of the trouble and then installed without bringing over the settings.

[minoukat]

Do a fresh install, always better as everything is new ! I tried it once, but wasn't successful. (from DOS 6.2 to Win95 tho, not XP !) and Win98 or any OS that ur upgrading from will leave some unnecessary files, that are just occupating space.

[warlok]

Originally posted by martyt
Do you mean that it hangs during the installation of XP or that XP installs and then the program hangs when it is loaded after first installing OK??

I had some problems with bringing over settings from ME but the program informed me of the trouble and then installed without bringing over the settings.
yes it hangs during installs...ive coppied all the files i want from my hard drive so im gonna do afresh clean install

[Yodums]

I would never recommend a upgrade install ever.. The clean install is a good option. Good luck and upgrade to your lastest bios because had trouble with WinXP Locking up during install and when they updated to their lastest bios it worked.

[jw50]

Try going into Task Manager and shutting down everything except for Explorer and Systray. Sometimes programs running in the background can cause problems during installation.

[warlok]

well thanks for the advice guys...here is a rundown of what happened... it kept hanging while at setup...i installed win 2000...went to epox and discovered a bios updated for my board...it described the dificulties win xp had with tthe gforce and epox board combo...works great now ...thanks again :)

[Kryten]

Originally posted by jw50
Try going into Task Manager and shutting down everything except for Explorer and Systray. Sometimes programs running in the background can cause problems during installation.
I'd go one further go into msconfig and remove startup group.