I have windows 98 and for some reason windows xp will not install over it. Is there anything to do?
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format your c drive and do a clean installation of XP... make sure you have the drivers for your monitor...
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Try this link to see if your XP is a valid copy.  If it's not, I'd sure go back to that dealer and demand he make it right or you'll report him to Microsoft for selling pirated XP.  And I'd also demand the XP install CD as well.\n\nsupport.microsoft.com
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There is no problem if installations stops in the middle. You can install XP as a seperate OS or u can upgrade win98 to XP.\n\nJust check out if you have the system requirements for installation of XP.
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Try to do a windows repair by booting from a windows xp cd.  Then continue with a windows setup and do a repair when it asks you to.
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not sure...\nyou appear to have constant computer problems...\n\nif you change hardware after reinstalling xp,\nxp needs to verify alterations,or may cause errors,\nif you have two drive c:&#92; (s) check bios settings,\ncheck hard drive jumpers , verify that xp is not on both drives,\n\nrun scandisk error checker,\ncheck device manager,
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Windows XP is designed to handle and Win OS. It'll work just fine when you install the driver.
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Assuming you used followed all steps in the Windows XP setup you will most likely have formatted the drive in an NTFS file system. Unfortunately 98 uses FAT32 file system and they are incompatible. To install 98 you will have to format and start from scratch using a win 98 CD. I have to agree with the others though going to 98 is a major step backwards, stick with XP. If your desperate to change OS either go to linux or wait for vista which is just around the conrer
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The 95 version is probably not compatibile with XP...;
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Most everything that runs on xp will also run on 98. It's when you get back to win95 that you start having problems.
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From my understanding, it sounds like you want to "copy" you install of windows XP onto another computer.  This will not work for a few reasons. 1) The current WinXP installation is configured for the machine its on right now.  If you transfer exactly that windows install it will not load. (without some major hacks)\n2)It's technically illegal to install one copy of windows xp on two machines.\n\nBut on the other hand to transfer information between the two machines, the easiest solution is to pull the Hard drive from the 98 machine and stick it in the XP machine.  XP will recognize this new drive and make it a local drive (E, or some other letter).  From that point you can tranfer information to and from it like any other storage device.
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Your system requirements are probably too low to install XP
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Try to have a clean install of winxp. Refer to this site:\n\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm\n\nIt will reinstall all XP system files, but will not touch your installed programs, and other personal documents you have
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The biggest difference between Windows XP and Windows 98 is the basic OS architecture.  XP is built on the NT kernel; 98 is built on DOS. Because of this difference, XP supports the NTFS file system, while 98 does not.\n\nMany companies--including Microsoft--have ended support for 98, so new software and hardware are less likely to work with Windows 98.\n\nThat being said, if Windows 98 does what you need to do, there is no reason to upgrade to XP. "Because it's the latest" is not a reason: that's marketing.\n\nI keep an 98 machine around to run older software because, in my experience, XP's compatibility mode is too slow.\n\nIt comes to this: XP is newer, bigger, slower, more compatible with modern hardware and software.  (Please note, I did not include "more secure." I don't believe XP is more secure than 98.)
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did you already pop it in the cd drive and try to install it? although microsoft did give windows xp the ability to emulate a win98 environment for old software . microsoft does not guarentee workability or stability , it has kind of been a hit and miss for me too, i found some win98 apps work fine , some only work partially, and some not at all .
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you need a full version of XP not an upgrade disk ... i would imagine u could keep 98 installed on an old harddrive and stored in a drawer until you need it ... if you need to install XP then just plug in da Second HD with 98 on it and let ur upgrade see dat one ...you dont have to install over the same HD i dont think ...
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Most applications will not implement anything specific to windows xp, in more cases than not any portability problems are due to out of date or missing COM components.  I would, before attempting to port anything, identify the dependancies of the application and ensure that the latest versions of each are installed on the server.  \n\nHTH
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I had a similar (not exact) problem when I installed mine- what I did was put the xp installation disc back in the drive and when it restarted itself- it autoran the cd- I unplugged my computer and manually opened the drive to put it in- when I plugged it back in and turned it back on the disc ran itself and I was able to re-install it.