Article ID: 315334
Article Last Modified on 2/27/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
This article was previously published under Q315334
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to upgrade your computer from Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition, you may receive one or both of the following error messages:
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You may receive these messages when the installation program copies files from the i386 folder to your hard disk.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Roxio Easy CD Creator program is installed on your computer.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, remove Easy CD Creator before you run Windows XP Setup, or quit all running programs except for Windows Explorer and Systray, and then run Windows XP Setup again. To do this, follow these steps:
- Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the Close Program dialog box.
- In the list of programs that are running, select any program except Windows Explorer or Systray, and then click End Task to quit the program that you selected. Repeat this step for all running programs except Windows Explorer and Systray, and then click Cancel.
- Navigate to the folder or drive that contains the Windows XP installation files, and then double-click Winnt32.exe. Follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade your computer operating system to Windows XP.
MORE INFORMATION
For information about how to contact Roxio (formerly Adaptec), click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P
60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z
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