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by mddddd

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I'm trying to upgrade my system from Windows 2K Pro to XP Pro but I am having a problem. Right before the setup begins, I get an error message that states: Setup cannot create a temporary folder.
The setup then terminates and I can't install XP.
Any ideas on what might be causing this error would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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by thechas

1. Are you logged on as Administrator in the W2K session?

2. How much free hard disk space do you have?

3. I don't remember the name of the folder that XP uses (i386?), but you may already have such a folder on your system with files in it.

Chas

by mddddd

1. My username has Administrative Privilege's. I don't know if that matters.
2. I have 4GB of space on my primary drive.
3. I searched for other folders named i386. I found a folder in the WINNT folder if that helps you.
Feel free to ask if you need more information. Thanks for your help.

by thechas

I believe that to perform the upgrade, you need to be logged on as the administrator, not just have administrator rights / privileges.

For things like software installations, there is a big difference between the 2

Chas

by mddddd

Nah, I tried to do the upgrade while logged on as the Administrator but I still got the error message. Thanks for the help though.

by joseph moore

You should probably install XP from the command line.

winnt32 [/s:sourcepath] [/tempdrive:drive_letter] [/unattend[num]:[answer_file]] [/copydir:folder_name] [/copysource:folder_name] [/cmd:command_line]
[/debug[level]:[filename]] [/udf:id[,UDF_file]] [/syspart:drive_letter] [/checkupgradeonly] [/cmdcons] [/m:folder_name] [makelocalsource] [/noreboot]

Looks like you should include the tempdrive switch:

/tempdrive:drive_letter

Directs Setup to place temporary files on the specified partition and to install Windows 2000 on that partition.

Put your XP cd in the drive, open a Command Prompt, navigate to the i386 folder on the CD, and type in "winnt32.exe /?" to get the whole help screen.

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