xp home sp2 update fails; restore required

[William S. Heck]

I've completely formatted my pc, and reinstalled xp home from the original
dell cd (which is a pre-sp1 cd). The system installs and boots properly. I
then do the sp1 update from the Windows update site, and that works; the
system boots properly. I then do the sp2 update for the Windows update
site, and the system will no longer boot; it tells me to go to safe mode and
do a restore. I can then restore to the sp1 point, and the system works
again. Is this a known problem?

Thanks,
willie

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Troubleshooting your SP2 installation: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];xpsp2insttshoot


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"William S. Heck" > wrote in message .. .
> I've completely formatted my pc, and reinstalled xp home from the original dell cd (which is a pre-sp1 cd). The system installs
> and boots properly. I then do the sp1 update from the Windows update site, and that works; the system boots properly. I then do
> the sp2 update for the Windows update site, and the system will no longer boot; it tells me to go to safe mode and do a restore.
> I can then restore to the sp1 point, and the system works again. Is this a known problem?
>
> Thanks,
> willie
>