Found my own answer, thanks to the help of The Elder Geek on Windows XP,
great site
I disabled the onboard LAN and sound card in the BIOS installed XP, then
re-enabled them
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.theeldergeek.com/bare_bones_troubleshooting_installation.htm" target="_blank">http://www.theeldergeek.com/bare_bones_troubleshooting_installation.htm</a>
"AMW" <REMOVEamwi RemoveThis @tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Tried to upgrade from 98SE > ran upgrade advisor first, found no issues
> that
> would prevent process, however
> it said modem might need new files, and the same with the audio driver. I
> uninstalled both to play it safe > Disabled
> anti-virus bootup scanner > copied I386 folder to the C: drive and ran
> install from there > after XP copies some files
> then finally wants to reboot, goes to a black screen that reads, "Windows
> Setup" press F6 to install SCSI and...
> I don't need to install these drivers so I do nothing, this messages
> disappears, and setup goes no further
>
> My system is AMD 900mhz with 512MB
>
> Thanks
> Richard
>
>
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