use original Recovery Console w/ SP2?

[Truth_Seeker1]

Hi everyone, I have the original XP installation CD that was before any
service packs. I have updated my computer to SP2. I know I cannot install
the Recovery Console as a startup option with the old CD. I would like to
know if I can boot from the old CD and run the RC to fix disk errors.
Having the RC from the old CD fix errors on a partition containing SP2 will
not cause any problems, will it?

 

[TaurArian]

Hi, slipstream you original WinXP CD with the SP2 patch and then you can use the
recovery console from the new Win XP SP2 CD you're just created.

Autostreamer
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2
http://www.autopatcher.com/autostreamer.html

Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
Slipstreaming Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Create Bootable CD

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=248
Creating a bootable Windows XP

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Click the Windows XP Faq button and take a look at question 83

freeware CD burning application
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/



Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You can install the Recovery Console with the correct set of these boot
disks:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

You can install the Recovery Console with the correct set of these boot
disks:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994

Wow - that would be a great idea. However I don't have a floppy drive. I
do have a CD-RW drive.

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

Hi, slipstream you original WinXP CD with the SP2 patch and then you can
use the recovery console from the new Win XP SP2 CD you're just created.

I'd rather not slipstream because I know very little about CD burning and
that kind of stuff; isn't there an easier option?

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

I'd rather not slipstream because I know very little about CD burning and
that kind of stuff; isn't there an easier option?

Instead of slipstreaming, and instead of installing the Recovery Console
onto my HD, can't I just run the RC from my old XP CD to repair my hard
drive? Even though the CD is pre-service pack 2?

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

Instead of slipstreaming, and instead of installing the Recovery Console
onto my HD, can't I just run the RC from my old XP CD to repair my hard
drive? Even though the CD is pre-service pack 2?

The only file of which I am aware that RC accesses from the Windows
installation on C: is a file called Autochk.exe[is this correct?]. When the
Recovery Console accesses this file and finds it to be a newer version (SP2)
than what it is expecting, does that confuse RC?

 

[TaurArian]

Autostreamer (slipstreaming) is easy, get someone to assist you if necessary.

http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2
See this for instructions on how to use:-
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Instead of slipstreaming, and instead of installing the Recovery Console onto my
HD, can't I just run the RC from my old XP CD to repair my hard drive? Even
though the CD is pre-service pack 2?

The only file of which I am aware that RC accesses from the Windows installation on
C: is a file called Autochk.exe[is this correct?]. When the Recovery Console
accesses this file and finds it to be a newer version (SP2) than what it is
expecting, does that confuse RC?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Then you will need to slipstream as already suggested.

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

No one can tell me whether it'll cause problems if I just boot off of my old
XP CD and run the old RC from there? Even though the CD is pre-service pack
2 and my hard drive has SP2 installed?

Instead of slipstreaming, and instead of installing the Recovery Console
onto my HD, can't I just run the RC from my old XP CD to repair my hard
drive? Even though the CD is pre-service pack 2?

The only file of which I am aware that RC accesses from the Windows
installation on C: is a file called Autochk.exe[is this correct?]. When
the Recovery Console accesses this file and finds it to be a newer version
(SP2) than what it is expecting, does that confuse RC?