Reinstalling Windows XP

[Guest]

I have XP SP1 CD., supplied with PC. I also installed SP2. Can I uninstall
SP2 to utilise my SP1 CD?
Also, if that is possible, can I reinstall that CD 'on top' of the original
installation?

 

[Malke]

I have XP SP1 CD., supplied with PC. I also installed SP2. Can I
uninstall SP2 to utilise my SP1 CD?
Also, if that is possible, can I reinstall that CD 'on top' of the
original installation?

You don't want to uninstall SP2. You want to make a new installation cd
with SP2 slipstreamed into it. Doing this is very easy. I like
AutoStreamer but there are other methods:

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
- AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Malke

 

[Guest]

Hey lock,

You can definately use your XP sp1 cd to reinstall windows but you must
format and do a clean install of windows. You should be able to remove sp2
from the Control panel > add or remove programs. But if you are just wanting
to reinstall windows and aren't trying to get rid of sp2 then I would suggest
that you should slipstream your cd and create a new install cd w/ sp2 on it.
You can get detailed instructions that are really easy to follow from

Paul Thurrott's Super Site for Windows here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Good Luck

Joe

Kemco IT Professional

 

[Need to Know]

I've done this with a "System Restore". I once tried to remove SP2 via CP
and all kinds of bad things happened. I'm not a huge fan of Sys Restore, but
in this case all was well and good.

Wiley

 

[Guest]

Well you could follow the steps here:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350

Using the recovery console on the cd would be the best option to uninstall sp2

Joe

Kemco IT Professional

 

[Need to Know - Wiley Coyote]

Good point.

Wiley

Well you could follow the steps here:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350

Using the recovery console on the cd would be the best option to uninstall
sp2

Joe

Kemco IT Professional