I was going to try the ME next, but I'm so glad that I found out that the USB
keyboard wouldn't load until after the OS loaded.

Fortunately, reinstalling everything is running fairly smoothly....

"N. Miller" wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:06:37 -0500, Jim wrote:
>
> > Upgrade from what to what?
> >
> > The best explanation I have is that the CD is not bootable. The computer
> > would then boot from the hard drive.
>
> When I tried to upgrade Windows Me to Windows XP, the upgrade CD booted. The
> problem I encountered is that the upgrade disk would not recognize an OEM
> recovery CD as a valid upgrade path. I had to run the HP Recovery disks to
> reinstall Windows Me (for some reason, after upgrading the system BIOS,
> Windows Me would hang at the "Finding new hardware" pop-up window), and run
> the upgrade CD from within a working installation of Windows Me. I am sure
> that a retail box install disk for Windows Me would be recognized.
>
> Given the amount of time Grace took to make things work, I just wonder,
> considering that she wanted to run a clean install, if just reloading
> Windows Me, and running the upgrade from within Windows Me wouldn't have
> been faster.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
>