WIN ME and WIN XP UPGRADE PROB

message from =?Utf-8?B?QmxhZGU=?= on 1 Jun 2004
The machine has WIN ME right now. I am trying to install a fresh new copy of Win XP PRO (Full copy, not a update version). When I restart the PC with the WIN XP Pro cd inside and I get to the part where it says “Please press any key to start cd” and the key is pressed, I get this message saying that system is 445k in low memory and WIN NT needs at least 512k in low memory. After these there is no other option to be taken but to reboot the system and try again. Sorry for not being clear in the first post. Thanks in advance
 
wayne replied to =?Utf-8?B?QmxhZGU=?= on 02 Jun 2004
it sounds like some kind of program is running and taking up memory? I
would suggest booting into ME and then run setup from there!

Also reboot to dos and see how much memory you have free using the mem
command!

Wayne

"Blade" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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of Win XP PRO (Full copy, not a update version). When I restart the PC with
the WIN XP Pro cd inside and I get to the part where it says "Please press
any key to start cd" and the key is pressed, I get this message saying that
system is 445k in low memory and WIN NT needs at least 512k in low memory.
After these there is no other option to be taken but to reboot the system
and try again. Sorry for not being clear in the first post. Thanks in
advance
 
Carey Frisch [MVP] replied to =?Utf-8?B?QmxhZGU=?= on 1 Jun 2004
Error message when you start Windows: "Your system is low on virtual memory"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315351&Product=winxp

Or apparently you acquired an "OEM Version" of Windows XP.
OEM versions cannot upgrade an existing Windows installation. Only
"retail versions" can upgrade. Either purchase a retail version of Windows XP
or reformat your drive to install the OEM version "clean".

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
 

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