I'm Trying To Upgrade My Compaq Presario 1685

[Dzuki]

i have windows 98 right now and i need to upgrade to windows xp but everytime i try to install i get to the point where it tries to load the ACPI PLUG AND PLAY devices and the it just stops.It gives me the error: "FILE ACPI.SYS CAUSED AN UNEXPECTED ERROR (48896) AT LINE 5897 IN D:\XPSP1\BASE\BOOT\SETUP\SETUP.C.
I hope someone know about this problem and can help me out. Thanx

[peat moss]

Clean install?

[TheFilePirater]

sounds like a bad copy of xp

[peat moss]

Originally posted by TheFilePirater@15 February 2004 - 20:06
sounds like a bad copy of xp

Bad copy? upgrading is always a bad idea too . Is this a laptop? Do you have a floppydrive?

[Dzuki]

ok firstly i know the copy of xp i am using is fine. I want to clean install and yes it is a lapptop. So maybe i should remove win98 so i XP won't have problems ( i guess)

[peat moss]

I would boot from cd drive with xp disk no problemo

[peat moss]

Thanks to NIGHTSTALKER Again Well i'll jest sign off

http://www.theeldergeek.com/formatting_dri...using_xp_cd.htm



Follow those steps you'll do fine

[Dzuki]

thanks that is very useful but the problem is i need to get past that very beginning of the setup process and i keep getting stuck like i explained.

[shn]

Originally posted by Dzuki@15 February 2004 - 22:51
thanks that is very useful but the problem is i need to get past that very beginning of the setup process and i keep getting stuck like i explained.

Hardware probem. Xp is probably having trouble with one of your hardware devices.

If that copy of xp has sp1 integrated I would not use that and install a copy of regular xp with no service pack and then once you get a succesful install go to ms and get your sp1.