Mysterious fatal error message during upgrade from 98SE. H..

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Hi

Please see if the following articles help:

"HOW TO: Prepare to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to
Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

"HOW TO: Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You
Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me"
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] visor.mspx

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"Kevo" <Kevo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Trying to upgrade from 98se to xp with the cd. If I ask the CD to run the
> compatibility check it soon stops and gives me the message "Fatal Error.
> Cannot create temporary folder, installation will be interuppted".
> If I ignore this and cheekily go on and try an installation of the upgrade
> anyway, it soon blocks completely in the preparatory phase (with 71
> minutes
> remaining till completion).
> I've already disinistalled Norton, Nero, Office 97, I've disconnected a
> printer and an old modem - but it doesn't strike me as a compatibility
> problem and I can't see anything that could be causing this to happen -
> any
> bright sparks out there got an idea??? I really would prefer NOT to have
> to
> go and get a full install. Thanks for reading this.
>
> Kevo