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Need to Repair Installation - Installed w/ SP1 upgraded to SP2. wh
Hello Everyone. My fan went bad a few on me a few days ago, as a result my
cpu burned, and somehow my mobo got damaged too....A huge domino effect. Well I have just finished ghosting my system just incase. I have replaced the mobo, cpu, heatsink & fan. But I know xp is not going to like this.. Hal or something. In the past when I did a repair -- all my desktop items(which had important files) were gone and so was my user account with all my documents... I manage to get most of it back using recovery software to get it back off harddrive.. I want to avoid any problems... so question is : Which version do I use to do the repair? I have slipstreamed sp1 and sp2. However two months ago, I went back to sp1 and then upgraded to sp2 because a particular program would not run properly in systems with a clean sp2 installtion. Man, Im making this long arent I? hehehe sorry. I once read you could change something with hal and then you wouldnt have to do the repair ... as soon as xp would start back up it would just accept the new mobo without the usually problems most encounter now when hardware changes enough to cause this situation.. sorry again.. I always enjoyed reading stuff in the community..learned alot. |
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http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
"TCwho" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone. My fan went bad a few on me a few days ago, as a result my cpu burned, and somehow my mobo got damaged too....A huge domino effect. Well I have just finished ghosting my system just incase. I have replaced the mobo, cpu, heatsink & fan. But I know xp is not going to like this.. Hal or something. In the past when I did a repair -- all my desktop items(which had important files) were gone and so was my user account with all my documents... I manage to get most of it back using recovery software to get it back off harddrive.. I want to avoid any problems... so question is : Which version do I use to do the repair? I have slipstreamed sp1 and sp2. However two months ago, I went back to sp1 and then upgraded to sp2 because a particular program would not run properly in systems with a clean sp2 installtion. Man, Im making this long arent I? hehehe sorry. I once read you could change something with hal and then you wouldnt have to do the repair ... as soon as xp would start back up it would just accept the new mobo without the usually problems most encounter now when hardware changes enough to cause this situation.. sorry again.. I always enjoyed reading stuff in the community..learned alot. |
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That was a good article you posted and has very good information. However it
doesnt answer the question at hand. I used xp sp1 cd to install, it over time upgraded to sp2. I have both sp1 and sp2 slipstreamed cds. Which xp cd should I used to do this repair due to the major hardware change that has taken place? |
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TCwho wrote:
That was a good article you posted and has very good information. However it doesnt answer the question at hand. I used xp sp1 cd to install, it over time upgraded to sp2. I have both sp1 and sp2 slipstreamed cds. Which xp cd should I used to do this repair due to the major hardware change that has taken place? If the current installation is SP2, you should use the slipstreamed SP disk. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Malke wrote:
TCwho wrote: That was a good article you posted and has very good information. However it doesnt answer the question at hand. I used xp sp1 cd to install, it over time upgraded to sp2. I have both sp1 and sp2 slipstreamed cds. Which xp cd should I used to do this repair due to the major hardware change that has taken place? If the current installation is SP2, you should use the slipstreamed SP disk. Malke Sorry, meant to say "slipstreamed SP*2* disk". Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Thanks Malke. Im glad to know I made the right choice(Im back here posting
cus I hit a snagzola) Well I used the slipstreamed sp2 disk, because I figured it just made more sense to use that one, plus I got a backup image of the drive just in case. Well after starting the repair process...copied all system files...reboot etc etc After the reboot and xp is installing drivers configuring etc.. I got blue screen with the following: Driver_unloaded_without_canceling_operation vdiskbus.sys 0x---CE, 0xF79900DC, 0x---0, 0xF79900DC ---- = 0s vdisk makes me think if virtual disk, which I did have alcohol 120 installed in that xp installation..but??? Hopefully someone here knows answer Time to Google(heheh) Thank you very much so far. The Challange continues... |
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TCwho wrote:
Thanks Malke. Im glad to know I made the right choice(Im back here posting cus I hit a snagzola) Well I used the slipstreamed sp2 disk, because I figured it just made more sense to use that one, plus I got a backup image of the drive just in case. Well after starting the repair process...copied all system files...reboot etc etc After the reboot and xp is installing drivers configuring etc.. I got blue screen with the following: Driver_unloaded_without_canceling_operation vdiskbus.sys 0x---CE, 0xF79900DC, 0x---0, 0xF79900DC ---- = 0s vdisk makes me think if virtual disk, which I did have alcohol 120 installed in that xp installation..but??? Hopefully someone here knows answer Time to Google(heheh) Thank you very much so far. The Challange continues... Alcohol 120 is a known problem with SP2 and needs to be completely uninstalled before you apply SP2. I guess you still have some of it left. I think I'd use your backup image and go back and remove absolutely all traces of Alcohol 120 before trying SP2. Here are some links which may help: Troubleshooting SP2 for Windows XP http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm and http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#General http://aumha.net - See SP2 forums http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#sp2 - Windows SP2 Information, Guidelines and Troubleshooting SP2 Support Center - http://support.microsoft.com/default...r=windowsxpsp2 Good luck, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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