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Reinstall Windows XP SP1 Manufacturer vs. SP2 CD
If I should need to reinstall Windows XP at some point after upgrading to
SP2 with a CD from microsoft, will it mean reinstalling with the manufacturer's CD that contains XP SP1 again first? If so, the SP2 version would be reinstalled subsequently again. |
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Robert Sharon wrote:
If I should need to reinstall Windows XP at some point after upgrading to SP2 with a CD from microsoft, will it mean reinstalling with the manufacturer's CD that contains XP SP1 again first? If so, the SP2 version would be reinstalled subsequently again. You could, if the manufacturer gave you an actual copy of Windows XP, slipstream (integrate) SP2 and many other things into the original CD, burn yourself a new copy and forget all that trouble. http://unattended.msfn.org/ can help with that. Your direct question.. If you were to wipe your hard drive and install with a CD that was only updated to SP1, then you would - in fact - have to install SP2 afterwards manually or over the Internet (safer to have downloaded the full file and do it manually.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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If SP2 is currently installed and you had reason to reinstall Windows you
would not be able to do so if your CD did not contain SP2. Attempt to do so and you receive a message stating that you are trying to install over a "newer version" and setup will be deactivated. Holds true if you have XP Home with SP2 and try to upgrade to XP Pro by using a CD without SP2. All current CDs from Microsoft include SP2. As suggested you can add SP2 to an XP CD by"slipstreaming" check Microsoft support for instructions. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AL(KB3U) & Darlene Romanosky N. Ft. Myers, FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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