My XP install failed ("krnl386.exe not found") after it did the copy of my Windows 98 files that it wanted to replace. My machine is still in Fat 32 format and I have a Win 98 boot disk that will boot my old box. I have a backup copy of my c:\Windows directory. How do I uncompress the files that the failed XP saved so I can get back to Win 98? I've given up on XP on this machine. I tried a few things listed on MS Knowledge Base without success. I think that I'll need to run some kind of uncompress/uninstall program from the Windows XP CD but I have I not idea what? The Windows 98 C:\windows\system32\osuninstall.exe didn't work because it wasn't found.
MS Tech Support helped me hand copy XP to the machine and we also got that to boot under XP I can't unintall XP. If I boot with XP and try to uninstall, Win XP always produces the message "Setup cannot uninstall because the necessay registration info is missing. I did register.
The Gory Details:
I tried to upgrade a Windows 98 machine to XP after I downloaded the latest drivers and passed the on-line Upgrade Advisor compatibility with XP check. Bottom line it failed and MS reported weeks latter that the problem because I used a well know "Ghost" program to upgrade my HD my machine a couple of years ago. Something about 98 not caring about some drive setting that XP now expected.
MS Tech Support helped me hand copy XP to the machine and we also got that to boot under XP I can't unintall XP. If I boot with XP and try to uninstall, Win XP always produces the message "Setup cannot uninstall because the necessay registration info is missing. I did register.
The Gory Details:
I tried to upgrade a Windows 98 machine to XP after I downloaded the latest drivers and passed the on-line Upgrade Advisor compatibility with XP check. Bottom line it failed and MS reported weeks latter that the problem because I used a well know "Ghost" program to upgrade my HD my machine a couple of years ago. Something about 98 not caring about some drive setting that XP now expected.
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