XP SP2 Hangs During Upgrade

Hi,

I'm using the Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD provided by Microsoft to update
the OS on my machine. During the installation it all goes well until it get
to the point of "Finishing Installation." It says "Running Process After
Install" I've waited more than an hour and there's no hard drive activity.

I rebooted the machine and upon boot I was informed that the upgrade failed
and that I needed to uninstall SP2 and reinstall it. This took considerable
time for the restore of the old files. Now there are a number of problems
with programs not running correctly or running at all.

Any suggestions for getting SP2 Installed? Or do I wipe the drive and start
over?

Hi

Please see if the following link helps:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...sp2&btnG=Search

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"RobCMH" <RobCMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1621AAA6-D6A0-46FA-8404-F16333EB2DEE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD provided by Microsoft to update
> the OS on my machine. During the installation it all goes well until it
> get
> to the point of "Finishing Installation." It says "Running Process After
> Install" I've waited more than an hour and there's no hard drive
> activity.
>
> I rebooted the machine and upon boot I was informed that the upgrade
> failed
> and that I needed to uninstall SP2 and reinstall it. This took
> considerable
> time for the restore of the old files. Now there are a number of problems
> with programs not running correctly or running at all.
>
> Any suggestions for getting SP2 Installed? Or do I wipe the drive and
> start
> over?
>
>

On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:09:06 -0700, RobCMH
<RobCMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm using the Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD provided by Microsoft to update
>the OS on my machine. During the installation it all goes well until it get
>to the point of "Finishing Installation." It says "Running Process After
>Install" I've waited more than an hour and there's no hard drive activity.
>
>I rebooted the machine and upon boot I was informed that the upgrade failed
>and that I needed to uninstall SP2 and reinstall it. This took considerable
>time for the restore of the old files. Now there are a number of problems
>with programs not running correctly or running at all.

Rob,

what problems, which programs?

>Any suggestions for getting SP2 Installed? Or do I wipe the drive and start
>over?

A repair installation is the second last way out before that.

Hans-Georg

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