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by kevin7frg

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I have used the XP Pro SP2 upgrade on a Windows 2000 workstation. After the upgrade the computer now crashes before XP can fully boot up. It crashes at different stages in the boot process. Sometimes it crashes as soon as I try to log on and sometimes just before the icons all come up. Any ideas??

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by ugadata

are you getting a blue screen?

more information is needed, but it's possibly a driver issue. Have you tried to boot into safe mode?

by nepenthe0

I would check the manufacturer's website for 'OS Migration' drivers. It's possible that a BIOS upgrade is posted there, and should be installed before XP Pro installation.

by ic-it

Tap the F8 key as it is booting up. Choose Safe Mode with a cmd prompt. At the prompt type explorer.exe

Use the XP CD to check the upgrade compatability. After it runs Remove the offending programs.

Also turn off Automatic reboot on error. This can be found in system Properties, Advanced Tab, Startup and Recovery Button, middle section uncheck the box.

by thechas

Unless your hardware is at or near the minimum requirements for XP, you have one of 2 issues.

First, you may have incompatible hardware. Network, sound cards and modems that do not have XP drivers can cause XP to be unstable.

Also, an upgrade is usually less stable than a clean install. If you were having any problems with Windows 2000 prior to installing XP, those problems may have become worse rather than better by installing XP.

Now the questions:

How much RAM do you have?
I like to have at least 1 GB for XP.

How fast is your CPU?
While 233 MHz is the published low limit for XP, you should have at least a 1 GHz CPU to get XP to perform well.

What plug-in cards are installed?
And, what is your video card or system?

How much free hard drive space do you have?
If your free hard drive space is less than 5 GB, XP may not be able to set up a large enough page file to function.

Chas

by oh smeg

If not the Hardware may not be Compatible with XP some of the software used under 2000 certainly will not be XP Compatible but that shouldn't stop XP from starting.

If you didn't bother running the Compatibility Tester prior to installing you may be able to start in Safe Mode but it's a Ball Park call as some Hardware just isn't compatible with XP and will not work with that OS.

Col

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