SP2 major problems!

[Len Cuff]

I have just tried twice to install SP2 in a TINY PC running Xp Home.
After the first install it started to boot but simply stopped part way
through. I have now reformatted the drive, reinstalled XP Home and
then tried to install SP2. Same problem again! Stops half way through
booting.
PC was virus infected originally but I formatted etc before the
install!

Any ideas please?

TIA


cheers,
Len

[TaurArian [MVP]]

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Cannot_install_Service_Pack_2
Cannot install Service Pack 2

Service Pack 2 information
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
http://www.windowstalk.org/sp2.htm


"Len Cuff" > wrote in message
...
>I have just tried twice to install SP2 in a TINY PC running Xp Home.
> After the first install it started to boot but simply stopped part way
> through. I have now reformatted the drive, reinstalled XP Home and
> then tried to install SP2. Same problem again! Stops half way through
> booting.
> PC was virus infected originally but I formatted etc before the
> install!
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> TIA
>
>
> cheers,
> Len

[neil]

Perhaps you have some incompatible hardware, have you tried removing all
peripherals including and memory cards or card readers.
When you did a reformat was it a proper format or is it using a Tiny
recovery CD, if its a recovery CD then I would run a full virus scan and
adware scan.

Neil

"Len Cuff" > wrote in message
...
>I have just tried twice to install SP2 in a TINY PC running Xp Home.
> After the first install it started to boot but simply stopped part way
> through. I have now reformatted the drive, reinstalled XP Home and
> then tried to install SP2. Same problem again! Stops half way through
> booting.
> PC was virus infected originally but I formatted etc before the
> install!
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> TIA
>
>
> cheers,
> Len

[Len Cuff]

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:20:33 GMT, "neil"
(remove_s)> wrote:

>Perhaps you have some incompatible hardware, have you tried removing all
>peripherals including and memory cards or card readers.
>When you did a reformat was it a proper format or is it using a Tiny
>recovery CD, if its a recovery CD then I would run a full virus scan and
>adware scan.
>
>Neil
>
>"Len Cuff" > wrote in message
...
>>I have just tried twice to install SP2 in a TINY PC running Xp Home.
>> After the first install it started to boot but simply stopped part way
>> through. I have now reformatted the drive, reinstalled XP Home and
>> then tried to install SP2. Same problem again! Stops half way through
>> booting.
>> PC was virus infected originally but I formatted etc before the
>> install!
>>
>> Any ideas please?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Len
>
Got it sorted but I still don't know what happened! I did a complete
format and used a proper XP Home install CD. All installed fine and
then I put SP2 on again from a magazine CD which I've always used
without problems -- exactly the same problem again! Won't boot back up
and just hangs on the splash screen! reinstall yet again and this time
I used Windows Update to get what it thought I needed. Offered me SP2
so I downloaded it that way and this time it comes back up fine with
SP2 installed! Very odd!

cheers,
Len