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Windows XP upgrade fu*0red my computer

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Rodie

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I still don't know why!

It finally came on Friday, and I ran the upgrade, uninstalled any problem software and hardware drivers. Everything was running smooth until the next morning, when I got a "STOP Error" on every boot. Two times I tried deleting the primary DOS partition and re-formatting, and then re-installing, and I got the same STOP error when *installing* XP!

Finally, I took out all the non-essential hardware (my dvd decoder card, sound card, modem, and NIC) and tried to install once again. Finally, it worked.

I can think of only two things that caused it:

1.) It was trying to install the drivers for my DVD decoder card during the installation, and it didn't have them.

2.) My soundcard (SoundBlaster Live Value!) screwed something up. I searched groups.google.com for the particular error I was getting, and somebody mentioned how they removed their sound card during installation, and then re-installed it later, and got XP to work.

Well, XP is actually very sleek, and much more stable than Millenium. But I'd recommend everybody do a thorough backup before they do anything. Luckily, the only thing I lost was about 200 mp3s. It could have been a lot worse.
 
I paid an extra $50 to have XP installed on my new pc. Hopefully, any hardware or software problems will be worked out before I pick it up....
 
Originally posted by WorldWarGeneral
I paid an extra $50 to have XP installed on my new pc. Hopefully, any hardware or software problems will be worked out before I pick it up....
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You could always return it.
 
I prefer Windows ME to Windows XP. The problem I got was that LAN suxs, Network Connections hang when I plug in the ethernet modem. Hangs for 2 mins. So I switched back to Windows ME.
 
Originally posted by trenzterra
I prefer Windows ME to Windows XP. The problem I got was that LAN suxs, Network Connections hang when I plug in the ethernet modem. Hangs for 2 mins. So I switched back to Windows ME.
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i've had no problems with XP :)
 
I had no problems either. And I have SoundBlaster Live Value too ...

Maybe my version (devilsOwn) is better than the retail one :D
 
Originally posted by trenzterra
I prefer Windows ME to Windows XP. The problem I got was that LAN suxs, Network Connections hang when I plug in the ethernet modem. Hangs for 2 mins. So I switched back to Windows ME.
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Just because a piece of hardware doesn't work for you doesn't mean you should judge the entire OS because of such a tiny problem.
 
Originally posted by Rodie
I still don't know why!

It finally came on Friday, and I ran the upgrade, uninstalled any problem software and hardware drivers. Everything was running smooth until the next morning, when I got a "STOP Error" on every boot. Two times I tried deleting the primary DOS partition and re-formatting, and then re-installing, and I got the same STOP error when *installing* XP!

Finally, I took out all the non-essential hardware (my dvd decoder card, sound card, modem, and NIC) and tried to install once again. Finally, it worked.

I can think of only two things that caused it:

1.) It was trying to install the drivers for my DVD decoder card during the installation, and it didn't have them.

2.) My soundcard (SoundBlaster Live Value!) screwed something up. I searched groups.google.com for the particular error I was getting, and somebody mentioned how they removed their sound card during installation, and then re-installed it later, and got XP to work.

Well, XP is actually very sleek, and much more stable than Millenium. But I'd recommend everybody do a thorough backup before they do anything. Luckily, the only thing I lost was about 200 mp3s. It could have been a lot worse.
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Been there done that, except mine runs smooth :D
 
Originally posted by Coolin
Just because a piece of hardware doesn't work for you doesn't mean you should judge the entire OS because of such a tiny problem.
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I heard XP had lots of networking problems. i can't even find My Network Places there.
 
When I had XP, everything worked fine for me. My Ethernet card hooked up to my cable modem had nice speeds.
 
i'd just install Red Hat Linux 7 over windows if there were more computer games for KDE and GNOME. Microsoft should import the AOE series to Linux if they havent already....
 
Originally posted by HTML-Guru
i'd just install Red Hat Linux 7 over windows if there were more computer games for KDE and GNOME. Microsoft should import the AOE series to Linux if they havent already....
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And why would they do that? Why not try using WinE? Or maybe it'll run too slow.

Or just use Starcraft instead.

:)
 
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