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No SP2 Disk to boot from.



 
 
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Old September 19th 05, 05:59 AM
Andrew
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Default No SP2 Disk to boot from.

What does one do if one downloaded SP2 direct from Microsoft as I did. I
often see
advise that entails booting with the XP Disk - mine has SP1 only on it.
Thanks in advance - RAH.

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Old September 19th 05, 06:29 AM
Andrew E.
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Boot to xp cd is still valid no matter what service pack is installed on cd.

"Andrew" wrote:

What does one do if one downloaded SP2 direct from Microsoft as I did. I
often see
advise that entails booting with the XP Disk - mine has SP1 only on it.
Thanks in advance - RAH.

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Old September 19th 05, 08:54 AM
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Andrew wrote:
What does one do if one downloaded SP2 direct from Microsoft as I did. I
often see
advise that entails booting with the XP Disk - mine has SP1 only on it.
Thanks in advance - RAH.


You need to slipstream sp2, see here

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=211227

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