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XP Pro upgrade failure
I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with 256MB memory. I have upgraded to a 1GB with Dell Memory. I have also attempted to upgrade the XP Home to the XP PRO. When loading the upgrade to the system the progression shows "Collecting Information", "Dynamic Update", "Preparing Installation", "Installing Windows" with 39 minutes remaining. The system then goes to a blue screen with the message:
BAD_POOL_CALLER Stop: 0X000000c2 (OX00000007, 0x00000CD4, 0x00340045, 0xE11605B4 Physical Memory Dump. After several attempts I resorted to reinstalling the XP Home which was successful. I then reloaded the drivers and replaced the original 256MB memory back into the machine and once again attempted the XP Pro upgrade and received the same errors. Now I am back to square one!
Any answers out there in tech land? :smileysad:
redwolfe_98
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Posted February 2nd, 2008 13:00
you should be able to used the win xp-pro "upgrade" cd to do a "clean" install of win xp-pro.. i am assuming that you are not doing a "clean" install, but that you are trying to "upgrade" win xp-home to win xp-pro and i think that that is the cause of the problem.. so, try doing a clean install of win xp-pro with the win xp-pro "upgrade" cd..
by the way, how did you get the win xp-pro upgrade cd? did you buy it "retail"? i would be interested in getting a win xp-pro "upgrade" cd, but the only way i know to get it is "retail", for about $200.00..