ok, so i had winme, den i installed winxp(non upgrade) and it worked fine, so i decided to get rid of it and upgrade winme to xp pro, installation went fine, except wen i get to the login screen and login it says "loading your personal settings" that lasts for a few seconds and then it just restarts, i tried safe mode, and everything else under the f8 startup menu, cant boot from cd and have no other os besides knoppix(linux) on cd.

what can i do, sum 1 help me please

Antonio

You're better off doing a FRESH install, especially over Windows ME Antonio!



* You saw that for yourself pretty much when you installed XP on its own & it ran fine! Then, on updating ME with XP later as your 'experiment' there (good to do, best way to learn I think is by making mistakes)? You hit hassles!

You're not alone there either: You are one of 100's of folks I have seen that did 'update' installs & ran into hassles eventually over time by updating ANY Win9x series of OS into an NT based one like NT/2000/XP.

APK

P.S.=> As good as Microsoft is, I think that the registry itself is VERY complex, maybe TOO complex, for even their best techs to have it all memorized... especially between the 2 family types of Windows (9x the 16/32 bit hybrid vs. NT based fully 32-bit ones), to get update migration type setups 110% perfect! apk

kool, but how do i uninstall it then, should i go in2 dos and delete the winnt folder and just install winme, will all my files(my documents, music, etc.) still be there, coz my other hdd is dead so i cant back anything up???

You can install another operating system generally to another folder...

HOWEVER, if you used NTFS as your filesystem?

You would have to format the disk (i.e.-> Destroy data on the disk) because Win9x/ME cannot deal with NTFS filesystems natively!

I don't know what filesystem you used, so this next suggestion MIGHT be your best bet: another XP install, but fresh to another folder/directory rather than C:\WINDOWS where your messed up one is now no doubt!

E.G.-> I would install a FRESH XP copy, but direct it to another folder (instead of C:\WINDOWS, you could install it to say C:\WINNT instead... the install from CD allows you this flexibility @ some point in it, just pay attention to it as it installs is all!)

ALSO - When the install asks you if you want to format the drive, or leave existing filesystem intact? Do the latter... leave it intact, that way your data is still there!

This SHOULD preserve the data on the disk too odds are... no destruction!



* Good luck, that oughtta do it!

APK

P.S.=> If you have any other questions? Just ask... but, that should do it for you though! apk

kool thanx, i didnt change the filesystem when i installed it so its still fat32, but for some reason my computer doesnt want to boot from cd, i got it enabled in bios but its just not doing it(it boots linux cd's thou), so is there a way to run the winxp install program from dos(winme startup floppy), i tried but it gave me the good old "cant run in dos" crap, so i need to know if there is a way, coz i really dont want to install me, and then xp, and then delete old xp, too much f*$@ing around considering i get home at like 6 and gotta go bed at 9, so not much time to mess round on computer

Antonio

Hmmm, that's odd!

There are links here on the forums to "Bootdisks for XP" that you can obtain online... use the forums' SEARCH feature on the Main menu part in the upper right-hand-side of the screen, you will see it in the list there!

If that is not enough by searching the term BOOTDISK, then try this URL:

http://www.bootdisk.com



* For some reason, that sticks out as a place you can get the floppy disk images you can bootup XP from to install the Os from the CD that way!

APK

sweet, thanx for ur help, i'll get bak 2 wrk and stop bothering u now,

Originally posted by skorpio:

"sweet, thanx for ur help"

No problem: What goes around, comes around... I've gotten alot of help here from others in many forms as well over time!

Originally posted by skorpio:

"i'll get bak 2 wrk and stop bothering u now, "

No bother: Good review for me!

(Have @ that work then, & GOOD LUCK!)



* That all should work out for you no problem!

APK

err.. i got a friend...n she recently had.. xp home edition then upgraded to pro... and now when she gets into log in screen puts in pass and the thing says loading her profiles bt then it restarts.. suggestions?