Wish me luck...

[Disco PhoolCat]

...cuz I'm about to put the Windows XP CD in my drive in order to upgrade my poor & creaky old 98se. You may never see me again.





I'm scared...

 

[Testin da Cable]

good luck DPC!

oh no, I need to reinstall too. eep!

 

[Summo]

Heh heh. You'll be fine, Disco (Phool? Cat?) XP is the nads.

Hurrah!

 

[(Shovel)]

You'll be fine, unless you have a Geforce 2 MX and an onboard RAID controller. ahem.

 

[FatBusinessman]

But only an idiot would have a GeForce 2 MX and an onboard RAID controller.


*checks own computer*


Ah

 

[(Shovel)]

In which case, I'll elaborate.

Unless you have MY Geffy2MX and MY RAID controller.

 

[FatBusinessman]

*checks computer*

Nope, don't think I've got those.

 

[Disco PhoolCat]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
Heh heh. You'll be fine, Disco (Phool? Cat?) XP is the nads.

Whichever, m8! Not sure about DPC anymore, though. I used to order a lot of stuff from RS... On irc I'm usually PC or Da Cat.

The WinXP disk tells me I have a few compatability issues - which I expected, apart from Norton, which I upgraded to the XP ver only a few weeks ago! Grrr.

Also think I might go for a fresh install on a new hd just for a laff, which means pulling teh crate apart & trying to get my head round jumper settings...

Want to get this done b4 da Mousie returns on Tuesday. Fu kit! She's been & got a tattooo, ffs, so I'll show her with a pretty new os!

/me sits back & waits for HS:WF Helmet Man to appear...

/edit mobo eide controller & ATI All-in-Wonder 128 :/

 

[(Shovel)]

Norton has a different install for Windows 9x and Windows NT - as in, different executables and set up.
9x version scans on startup before windows loads, the NT version appears to do it some other way.
Whatever the reason, you'll have to reinstall Norton.

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by Shovel
You'll be fine, unless you have a Geforce 2 MX and an onboard RAID controller. ahem.

I have both of those and had no problems at all.

Disco - make sure your motherboard is using the latest BIOS, fella! XP demands tight ACPI code, so an upgrade now may well save time and effort in the future.

 

[mr.Blacky]

really got to upgrade my bios, its just software right? what to do what to do

 

[(Shovel)]

LOL, I fucked that up when I updated to XP too... manged to fubar my BIOS until, for some random reason, it one day decided to let the keyboard work and I was able to do it again.

If Fatty would kindly NOT relay my exact words of the moment I'd be very appreciative and might consider not maiming him.

 

[FatBusinessman]

As I seem to remember, they conveyed a certain dislike for Microsoft and all their products...

 

[Disco PhoolCat]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
Disco - make sure your motherboard is using the latest BIOS, fella! XP demands tight ACPI code, so an upgrade now may well save time and effort in the future.

Ulp! Excuse me for a little while, peeps...

 

[(Shovel)]

Originally posted by FatBusinessman
As I seem to remember, they conveyed a certain dislike for Microsoft and all their products...

and the word "fuck".

 

[FatBusinessman]

Repeatedly. Very repeatedly.

 

[Disco PhoolCat]

Sounds like any PC user on a normal day...

 

[Kippa.]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
XP is the nads.

He's right....XP is bollocks

 

[Disco PhoolCat]

Cheers Summo, lookie what I found on teh mobo site...

7ixe_faa.zip FAa (beta)
(Dec.10, 2001) 1. Problem Fixed: WinXP ACPI function issue

 

[Summo]

Hurrah! You just saved yourself an untold number of mysterious complete-system-lockups! Well done.

 

[Stazbumpa]

No god nooooooo!!!!!
Not XP, use Win2k Pro instead.

Sometimes, it actually works.

 

[PR.]

Bah I just bought a Adaptec 1200A raid card but now the system won't recover from hybernating, only a shutdown is acceptable.

Anyone know why?

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Mr.Blackshirt
really got to upgrade my bios, its just software right? what to do what to do

Why do you need to? If it aint broke, dont try to fix the feker.

But if you do, make sure you read all the help files at your mobo's support site first.

 

[old.Munkie]

I plonked XP over 98SE yesterday too. Actually started doing it on Friday but forgot to upgrade the BIOS as mentioned. FS.


It's running kind neat now, and the format of my HDD did it a lot of good IMO.

 

[Wilier]

I tried to upgrade from 98 to XP Pro, and it was wank, when I did a full, clean install of XP on a nice, sparkly clean HDD, it was way better.

 

[Disco PhoolCat]

Well, she's in bits all over teh desk at the mo, I'm up to my elbows in hd's...

Having to type this on one of me laptops & for some reason IE's died - this looks so wierd in Netscape - most of the text has turned black!

 

[Wilier]

heh, good luck m8, sounds like you may need it.

 

[Hashmonster]

i recently did exactly what your doing - jump from 98se to XP pro and my system is so much more stable, i think XP is the nuts

did have to about 50megs worth of updates from the ms webby tho

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by PR
Bah I just bought a Adaptec 1200A raid card but now the system won't recover from hybernating, only a shutdown is acceptable.

Anyone know why?

That's ACPI, too! Check the Adaptec site for a firmware upgrade for your card, fella.

 

[Moving Target]

Originally posted by Disco PhoolCat
...cuz I'm about to put the Windows XP CD in my drive in order to upgrade my poor & creaky old 98se. You may never see me again.





I'm scared...

I did that a few months ago.