XP Pro upgrade in reboot loop

[sarakay]

Hi, I just installed XP Pro over 98SE on my 600X. All seemed to go well until I started downloading updates from Microsoft. At one point the system had to be rebooted, and that's when the trouble became evident.

It goes into chkdsk and reports a cross-reference error and hangs. The only way I can turn the PC off is to unplug it. If I skip chkdsk, it goes into a reboot loop.

If I press F8 and select "last configuration" (not sure if this is the wording) it exhibits the same behavior.

If I press F8 and select safe mode, it displays a list of drivers that I guess it is skipping, then hangs. Here too. the only way to stop it is to unplug it.

Before I did the upgrade, I ran scandisk and defragged the hard drive without problems.

I have at my disposal a bootable 98SE CD that also contains some DOS utilities, a Puppy Linux live CD, and a [censored] Small Linux live CD. The file system is still FAT32. Is there anything I can do with any of the DOS or Linux utilities to recover? At this point I'd just like to rollback to 98SE if that is possible.

Thanks in advance,
Sara

[jdhurst]

If the machine seems ok, then see if a newer BIOS might help you. Other than the machine not being certified for XP (I don't know one way or the other), XP will usually install and udpate normally with no issues. ... JDH