I purchased a used computer on ebay that had Windows XP installed. Upon
receiving the computer it prompted me that I has 25 days to register Windows.
I attempted to do so following the link provided. It failed due to the
product key. I got the bright idea to install my copy of Windows XP Home
(upgrade) for which I have a good key. The install went pretty well but
there were some files that failed to install (I had this same problem with my
last successful install on my old computer). At the end of the process it
appeared as if the computer attempted to reboot. It came up to the starting
Windows screen. After about 10 seconds the screen goes blank and nothing
further happens. Tried rebooting several times with the same result. Any
help would be appreciated!

If the used pc had/has xp pro installed,then that by itself will cause
problems,
you need to do a clean install when switching from pro to home or the
oppisite
installation...Also,youre xp upgrade installation if home to xp home,probably
should also be a clean install (boot to xp cd,select install xp,delete the
partition,
create one,then let xp format & install auto.

"XP Homey" wrote:

Thanks Andrew. I will try this but I have a question. Will this work (a
clean install) from an upgrade version of XP? I looked for older versions of
Windows and unfortunately found an upgrade version of Windows 98. Perhaps
somewhere in my garage I may find the original Windows 95 - BUT that may be
on 3.5 disks. I am in a pickle if I cannot install the Window XP upgrade in
the manner which you recommended. Thanks again for your help.

"Andrew E." wrote:

You will need a qualifying version to point to when you use an upgrade
version for a clean install, your win98 upgrade may work, but probably not
win95
BTW if you get missing files during an installation, either the cd / cd
drive or memory is likely faulty

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Thanks for the reply. If I cannot install an XP upgrade without a prior
windows version then how could I install a 98 upgrade without a prior windows
version on the machine?

"DL" wrote:

When you clean install with your winxp upgrade cd, at some point it will
complain that it cannot find a qualifying app, at this point you pop your
win98 cd in & point the installation to it, assuming this is accepted remove
98cd and insert winxp cd to proceede

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