win 98 crash and wont load HELP HELP HELP

I tried to install win xp pro over win 98 but it didnt go
well anyway. someone told me to unistall xp reinstall 98
and then install xp. when i unistalled xp i got a blue
screen that said "fatal error has occurred 0167:bff7bf18"
Now windows doesnt load at all and this blue screen keeps
comming up all the time. I see the win 98 logo and it
seems to load but then it goes to this error. I tried
booting from the cd to install win 98 again but all it
says win 98 is installed already and it exits setup. is
there anyway i can get 98 back or install another version
of windows like xp or 2000 even if i lose everything. i
have it all backed up.

If your not worried about loss because as you say you have backups, =
start up with a boot disk, reformat and reinstall.
Have you made sure your machines current hardware/drivers/software are =
compatible with XP?

Upgrading from Previous Versions of Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ing/matrix.asp

Never mind the XP Pro mentioning, the requirements for Home and Pro are =
basically the same.
System Requirements:
Windows XP Professional System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...on/sysreqs.asp

And to further the process, your hardware/software may not be up to date =
for XP. You can check by using the upgrade advisor download indirectly =
he
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...heckcompat.as=
p

or here directly
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/advisor.asp

However I would suggest, if you have a friend with an XP CD you can run =
the advisor from it, the download is approx. 32MB.

or check here by typing in the hardware you want to check:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ing/compat.asp

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Brian A.

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"John" wrote in message =
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I tried to install win xp pro over win 98 but it didnt go=20
well anyway. someone told me to unistall xp reinstall 98=20
and then install xp. when i unistalled xp i got a blue=20
screen that said "fatal error has occurred 0167:bff7bf18"
Now windows doesnt load at all and this blue screen keeps=20
comming up all the time. I see the win 98 logo and it=20
seems to load but then it goes to this error. I tried=20
booting from the cd to install win 98 again but all it=20
says win 98 is installed already and it exits setup. is=20
there anyway i can get 98 back or install another version=20
of windows like xp or 2000 even if i lose everything. i=20
have it all backed up.