windows 98 upgrade to xp problems!!!
Hello I am new at this so here i go and i APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!!! I have a hp pavillion 6638 that had windows 98 se on it and i up graded to windows xp home sv pack 2! during install some how i got 2 xp's on same partition. when I went in to advanced to choose just 1 at start up i looked at the boot loader (notepad) and it shows default windows os then list the windows xp sv pack 2 / twice?? i am getting sys failure (goes to blue screen) also i dont have any programs in add/remove programs other than what i just downloaded (Y-toolbar) i need to know what is the best thing to do? my winxp is not listed in add/remove programs to uninstall and start over?????? Thanks for your help!!!!!!
November 25th, 2007 7:55am

You should start over and perform a clean install of XP. Of course, you'll want to backup any important files before doing this as the whole hard drive will be erased during the install. Here are some good articles: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941
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December 14th, 2007 3:22am

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