XP Pro SP2 CD or installpack files

Sometimes when I am changing my system configuration, it asks me to put the
XP install disk in the CD drive or point to a local place for the install
files. But my CD is the original XP install CD and I'm now at SP2, so it
doesn't like the original install CD because it is backlevel.

Is there a SP2 CD I can order/download to burn or a place on my hard drive
where I can point to instead of using an install CD ?

thanks

Hi Jamie,

Which configuration are you changing? BTW, the updated system files would be available in this folder:

C:\Windows\Servicepackfiles\i386

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7EA24D67-FC46-48B4-98EC-C287BA76333C@microsoft.com...
Sometimes when I am changing my system configuration, it asks me to put the
XP install disk in the CD drive or point to a local place for the install
files. But my CD is the original XP install CD and I'm now at SP2, so it
doesn't like the original install CD because it is backlevel.

Is there a SP2 CD I can order/download to burn or a place on my hard drive
where I can point to instead of using an install CD ?

thanks

You can slipstream the original CD with the downloaded SP2 file and then
burn yourself a new CD. Do a Google search on slipstream for particulars.

"Jamie" <Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7EA24D67-FC46-48B4-98EC-C287BA76333C@microsoft.com...
> Sometimes when I am changing my system configuration, it asks me to put
> the
> XP install disk in the CD drive or point to a local place for the install
> files. But my CD is the original XP install CD and I'm now at SP2, so it
> doesn't like the original install CD because it is backlevel.
>
> Is there a SP2 CD I can order/download to burn or a place on my hard drive
> where I can point to instead of using an install CD ?
>
> thanks