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XP Upgrade

killer_cain · 2004-02-03 14:44:55

Hi guys, i'm in a fix here, I am upgrading a Windows ME system to XP and it has left me witha blue screen saying setup is copying files, and that's been there for about 2 hours now, there is no activity of the CD but the HDD light is on full, is there anyway I can continue the upgrade without loosing everything? Thanks in…

03-02-2004 3:44pm

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killer_cain

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Hi guys, i'm in a fix here, I am upgrading a Windows ME system to XP and it has left me witha blue screen saying setup is copying files, and that's been there for about 2 hours now, there is no activity of the CD but the HDD light is on full, is there anyway I can continue the upgrade without loosing everything?

Thanks in advance!

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#2 03-02-2004 4:02pm

Sleipnir

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same thing happened to me once. The progress bar disappears and it looks like its stopped.
After getting the same thing after a few re-boots I left it and it eventually moved on to the next screen.

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#3 03-02-2004 4:47pm

killer_cain

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cheers, it's eventually movin!

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#4 03-02-2004 5:23pm

unkel

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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!

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You're more patient then I am - more than 3 hours :eek:

BTW was it wise to upgrade me to xp? I think I would have gone for a reformat / new install

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