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Hello again, Bphlpt, I have over 200GB of installed programs on my hard drive (yes, that's GB). That includes over 100GB of CAD programs that I do not want to install (from scratch) again. Program-by-program reinstallation is not an option!!! If I restore all the user files I still need to restore the System State (registry) in order to have all the software function properly! Thanks <edit> I posted on another forum and received a response from a person who claimed all RTM versions are pirated (at least those that are available now). Does anyone have a comment on this? Thanks,

Hello again, Ponch, My pre-existing system has IE8. Anyone, I've been busy since my last post trying different things. I've made a file and folder backup of the C:\Windows folder on my preexisting system (OEM XP Home Sp3). I've also made a separate backup of the "System State" on my preexisting system. These are in addition to my full image backup of the preexisting system from a month ago. I've made an image backup of my minimal system (Fresh OEM XP Home SP3 with all original drivers installed plus a configured network connection, and a configured firewall). This system will upgrade successfully to XP Pro with the slipstreamed XP Pro SP3 CD. Experiment 1: I restored my minimal system. I then restored the C:/Windows folder and the System State from the preexisting system backup. A bootup was successful (with a minor irritant). I had to activate Windows. Next, I tried the upgrade with the slipstreamed XP Pro. It paused at the same place during the upgrade and gave the same error as before: Setup cannot set the required Windows XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error. Experiment 2: I restored my minimal system. I then restored only the System State from the preexisting system backup. After bootup I was asked to activate Windows, but answering yes to the question would log me off the system. I could not get logged in to try the XP Pro upgrade. Experiment 3: I restored my minimal system. I then restored only the C:/Windows folder from the preexisting system backup. Again, as in Experiment 1, the upgrade failed at the same point with the same error message. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Before Experiment 3, I hoped that Experiment 3 would succeed so I could conclude I had a registry problem. I'm not so sure now. I don't know what to try next Thanks,

Hello again, I won't be wordy today! Again, today I installed a fresh copy of OEM Windows XP Home Sp3. I followed that with an installation of all essential and add-on drivers (essentially all my original version drivers). Next, I configured a network connection and firewall. With this setup, I ran the XP Pro slipstreamed SP3 CD. The upgrade to XP Pro was successful (even though the upgrade did not configure my graphics card correctly). I guess my current problem is either the registry, the WINDOWS folder, or some user file or setting. I guess it is time to be methodical and repeatedly add chunks of my folders and files until the upgrade burps! More info to come,

Hello again, Here's a summary of my posts, I'm trying to upgrade a Windows XP Home Sp3 system to Windows XP Pro. (There are a couple of features in Pro that are not available in Home that I now need). I do not want a clean install but an upgrade. I purchased a Windows XP Pro upgrade CD over Ebay which turned out to be Windows XP Pro Gold (v2002). Here are the things I tried. 1) I tried to upgrade to Pro from the purchased CD. It immediately refused to upgrade stating the upgrade OS (Pro) was older than the installed OS (Home).. 2) I read up on slipstreaming. I created a slipstreamed upgrade CD using Autostreamer from the purchased CD and a file containing SP3. Upon trying to use the slipstreamed CD for an upgrade, I received this error (from a previous post): Setup cannot set the required Windows XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error. I then discovered NLite and created another slipstreamed CD with Sp3 and tried a second upgrade. It gave the same error as the Autostreamer-produced CD. 3) Just for the heck of it, I formatted my hard disk and reinstalled my original OEM XP Home SP3 OS (clean, no user files). I immediately used my slipstreamed XP Pro CD to attempt an upgrade to XP Pro IT WORKED. I need to discover why the clean XP Home OS successfully upgraded to XP Pro but my "full" (with user files,drivers, etc.) XP Home OS will not upgrade successfully to XP Pro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submix8c, I'll try your suggestions next. <edit> The volume label for the CD is WXPFPP_EN. From your given link that is Windows XP Pro RTM (Gold) Retail !!!! Thanks

Hello again, Submix8c, I'm somewhat confused by your last reply!? Are you stating, positively, that I do have an upgrade CD? That's what I want! Why doesn't it work on my "full" system but works on a "clean" system? Thanks

Hello again, Ponch, I'm using NLite to create a slipstreamed CD containing an upgrade to Windows XP Pro SP3 from an XP Pro Gold CD and a file containing SP3. Submix8c, I purchased the upgrade CD (XP Pro Gold) over Ebay. It was listed as an upgrade, but the CD is not labeled "Upgrade". It looks very genuine with all the Microsoft holography. It came in the standard Windows XP packaging (minus the box), and it was sealed. I started the upgrade from Windows XP Home. I did not boot from the slipstreamed CD. I've attached the setupp.ini file. The setupp.ini file is exactly the same on the XP Pro Gold CD and on the slipstreamed XP Pro Sp3 CD. The slipstreamed CD did ask if I wanted a upgrade or a clean install. I chose upgrade. Anything else? <edit> I forgot one other piece of information. I formatted my hard disk and installed a fresh OS from my OEM Windows XP Home SP3 CD. I immediately ran the slipstreamed XP Pro SP3 CD upgrade and it completed with no problems! Why is it not working only on my full hard disk, not the clean install? SETUPP-xpgoldCD.txt

Hello again, I went ahead and used Nlite to slipstream/burn a CD for XP Pro SP3 (no driver integration) .I think I'll explain the behavior of the resulting upgrade process. Eventuallly, the upgrade process gave the same error as Autostreamer. After burning the CD and starting the upgrade installation, the process proceedes through "Collecting Information", " Dynamic Update", and "Preparing Installation" with no problems. My machine rebooted and returned to "Preparing Installation". A progress bar titled "Progress" quickly filled to about 90% and the system hung at that point for about 10 minutes. Next, I received the following error: Setup cannot set the required Windows XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error. At this point there is only one option - to quit the installation. My machine rebooted, returned to XP Setup, and prompted: Setup has already attempted to upgrade the following installation: C:/Windows "Microsoft WIndows XP Home" To retry press ENTER. After pressing ENTER, I received a new screen with a progress bar, and Setup named and copied many files. Next I received: "Please wait while setup initializes your Windows XP configuration At the bottom of the screen I saw "Loading default configuration", then "Loading information file", then "Saving configuration". At this point again the process seemed to hang for about 10 minutes. Eventually I saw the original error given above: Setup cannot set the required Windows XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error. I seemed to be caught in a loop. This has "fowled" my hard drive and I can't boot back to a full Windows installation. I do, however, have a backup that I've used to get back to Windows XP Home SP3. Can someone provide some more advice? I'll see if I can find information on the error through Google. Thanks again

Hello again, I do not have ACHI enabled in the BIOS (No RAID present either). I assume you get the SATA drivers from the chipset download, correct? For me it's Intel P35 which is "3" series for Intel, correct? I downloaded their file "infinst911autol.exe, correct? I ended up with a large folder of .inf's. NLite recognized one driver (Intel,PNP,system,9.1.0.1012,2/2/09) Does this sound right? Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Thanks

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my Win XP Home Sp3 machine to Win Xp Pro I tried an upgrade through slipstreaming with Autostreamer (XP Pro Gold slipstreamed with XP3). It failed. I searched for the error message and learned that I need a program to include device drivers. Enter NLite. I'm slightly confused with importing drivers. If I choose the single file option I'm presented with a choice of only .inf files! If I choose the folder option I may import files of many extensions! My first try at Nlite included chosen folders from Windows/system32/drivers, windows/system32/drvstore, and windows/inf. When I started the integration Nlite displayed that I was adding mainly .inf and .pnf files. At completion I had an .iso file of 618MB. My second attempt included all chosen folders from windows/system32. When I started the integration this time NLite displayed that I was adding all kinds of extensions (inf,exe,dll,sys,ocx,cpl,log,sav,etc.,etc.,etc.) It produced a huge .iso file (>1000MB). This is important to me since the first attempt only located 1/2 to 2/3 of my driver collection! The second attempt was much closer to locating all my drivers. What am I missing in usage of NLite ? How do I track down where the extra drivers are located ? I know to look in Device Manager to find the location of the drivers, but they are all listed as .sys and .dll files. I don't need all the other files that are picked up by windows/system32! Help please???????