If you're upgrading, you don't want to erase the existing OS, which is what
you did when you deleted the partition. Only way to install now is to have
the original WIn98 installation media on hand to show to XP's Setup.

In order to copy anything to the hard drive, you'll have to first create a
new partition and format it, though I don't think that will help.

In any case, this is definitely no longer a Win98 problem, it's an XP
problem, and you should be posting to an XP Setup newsgroup.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Squalo999" wrote in message
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So let me start by saying that I have done this a few other times without
a
hitch.

The computer I am upgrading had nothing on it other thant the Win. 98 os.
My
friend asked me to help upgrade to XP.

I boot off of the XP Pro disc. It takes me through the usual prompts. I
delete the partition (i think this is where i went wrong).

It then asks if I want to delete everything on the HD and I select yes. It
started to go through the upgrade process.........

Here is where the problem comes.........Installation CD cannot be
detected.
Try again or exit set up....save the XP intallation file on your hard
drive
and load from there.......

When I reboot there is no OS to save installation files to...any thoughts