troubled win me to win xp install???

[realrob]

I'm trying to upgrade to win xp from win me and I'm getting sdome odd (to me.) messages.


1) upgradew advisor--- setup info. file D:\I386\DOSNET.INF is invalid. contact your system admin.

then it goes to--

2) the option to upgrade will not be available at this time. cannot create a file when a file already exists.


then----

3) windows xp could not load the setup config. files. your win xp setup files may be damaged or unreadable. setup cannot continue.


HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!


THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL INFO,
rOB

[mjc]

How much free space is on your drive?



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[realrob]

35gb left on my hdd.

[mjc]

Hmm...that should be enough for XP to install.

Are you trying to install as an update or are you shooting for a dual boot setup?

And finally, you caould have a damaged disk....

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[realrob]

Originally posted by mjc:
Hmm...that should be enough for XP to install.

Are you trying to install as an update or are you shooting for a dual boot setup?

And finally, you caould have a damaged disk....

its an upgrade from win me (which was an upgrade itself.) to win xp. just wanting the single os.
thanks,

[mjc]

I think it may be time for a clean install, upgrading once may be ok, upgrading an OS twice is almost always a recipe for disaster.......


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[realrob]

Originally posted by mjc:
I think it may be time for a clean install, upgrading once may be ok, upgrading an OS twice is almost always a recipe for disaster.......

thanks for the info.

I was hoping it wouldnt come down to that

[Mark Miller]

if it is a double upgrade and the first was win 95, thats your problem. anyway do a clean install and you will be thrilled . no bsod and you can run it forever and not run out of resourses.