Windows XP’s Install Problems

Generally speaking, installing Windows XP, either Home or Professional, is a walk in the park. Guided by pretty colors, loading bars that beam back and forwards and constant Microsoft messages that reassure you that you have made a worth while purchase, which is Microsoft Windows XP. However, at this important stage of file decompression, decoding and decrypting and extracting tyrant sized Windows files, odds are that your computer is highly susceptible to fault at this stage. However, theoretically speaking, certain problems with install might cause a lot of variables to turn sour, and as a whole, cause your install of Windows XP to become possessed to the core. Thankfully, most problems are solvable by yourself, just before you use the hammer, miscellaneous computer accessory, or your fist to manually correct the issue.

We have researched and listed 5 of the most common Windows XP install problems and have outlined their cure and we have also provided additional support to search the cure for your problem if it is not one of the 5 most common.

1. Problem 307119
There are no error messages with this fault. Your computer hangs and crashes after typing your username and password straight after ‘upgrading’ Windows XP over Windows 98, Windows 98 Second edition or Windows ME. Microsoft’s resolution is simple, manually restart computer. It is rather concerning to try and estimate how restarting your computer, in the long term, actually fixes the problem. You can find the documented issue here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307119

2. Problem 320397
This problem gives you an error message “NTLDR is missing” when you start your computer. The evil possessing your computer is rather complex. When you copy many large files to a root folder, the master file table allocation index (MFT) does not reduce to its original size, and therefore causes some hard disk issues. As complicated as it sounds, the resolution is as well, requiring boot disks and diagnostic tools to fix the problem. Since I have personally experienced this, installing Windows Professional onto Windows XP Home, fixing it was very frustrating and time consuming. Make sure you leave fixing this problem to a weekend, you’ll need it! You can find the documented issue here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320397
(Note: this article number changes a lot due to discoveries about this issue, if the problem number is not the same as listed here, search ‘NTLDR’ in one of the methods listed at the end of this article)

3. Problem 307153
This problem exists when you upgrade from Windows 98, Windows 98 Second edition, Windows ME or Windows XP Home (all to Windows XP Professional). This cause is when the install setup does not delete a temporary folder during removal. The simple cure is renaming the folder that the setup did not delete. However it’s a little harder that it appears. You can find the documented issue here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307153

4. Problem 310760
This problem is when the installation of Windows XP halts when the message of “Setup is starting Windows” is displayed. This error is caused by a number of variables. However, the most common is an incompatibly old motherboard BIOS or SATA disk drivers that aren’t loaded. You can find the documented issue here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310760

5. Problem 313041
This error is when “i386Win9xupgW95upg.dll” cannot be loaded and installed when Windows XP is being installed over Windows 98, Windows 98 Second edition or Windows ME. You can resume the installation of that component by manually launching the installer for that component that failed to automatically install. You can find the documented issue here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313041

If, and it is anticipated, your particular error is not in this article, and you can’t find them on Microsoft’s Support Site, all your problems should be solvable at Helpwithwindows.com:
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/setup05.html.

Windows-Help.NET links articles on the Official Microsoft Support Site, and allows a prompt access to information about your setup issue, without using Microsoft’s KB (Knowledge Base) search tool, which when writing this article, I simply could not find any information of 3 of the most common errors above. Using Windows-Help.NET is a must to find an answer to your problem, without wasting a month looking for it.