Can I repair XP updated to SP2 with it's original CD with SP1 ?

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John7

Hi,


I initially installed XP Home including SP1, then updated to SP2.
System worked flawlessly for a long time, but now it got corrupted.

Can I run a Repair Install using the initial WinXP including SP1 ?
Or do have to use a CD including SP2 ?


TIA,
John7
 
John7 said:
Hi,


I initially installed XP Home including SP1, then updated to SP2.
System worked flawlessly for a long time, but now it got corrupted.

Can I run a Repair Install using the initial WinXP including SP1 ?
No.

Or do have to use a CD including SP2 ?
Yes.


TIA,
John7
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You can slipstream the two together.

Alias
 
You'll need to slipstream your original WinXP SP1 with the SP2 patch.

Autostreamer
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2
Instructions:
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_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

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

Now, I know what to do.

Is it LEGAL, if you have a fully legal WinXP + SP1 licence (media & COA)
and use it to burn a copy with slipstreamed SP2 ?

John7
 
Of course it is legal. There are tons of documents on Microsoft Website
giving you hints how to rollout WinXP in an enterprise environment using
modified XP installation setup files. This inlcudes SP2.
 
Alias said:
No.
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Actually, you can but you won't like it; you end up with an sp1 OS with
sp2 remnants and then updating to sp2 again gets it even flakier. I've
tested it. Not recommended.

Steve
 
John7 said:
Hi,


I initially installed XP Home including SP1, then updated to SP2.
System worked flawlessly for a long time, but now it got corrupted.

Can I run a Repair Install using the initial WinXP including SP1 ?
Click to expand...


Yes, you can, but then you'd have to re-install SP2.

Or do have to use a CD including SP2 ?
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That would be my recommendation, but you don't have to do so. Create
an installation CD with SP2 integrated, and the installation/repair will
go much more quickly.

For slip-streaming the service pack and subsequent updates to WinXP:

How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source
files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828930

SlipStreaming WinXP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm



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John7 said:
Is it LEGAL, if you have a fully legal WinXP + SP1 licence (media & COA)
and use it to burn a copy with slipstreamed SP2 ?
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Certainly. Microsoft even provides instructions for creating the CDs.


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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH
 
Bruce said:
Yes, you can, but then you'd have to re-install SP2.
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I've tested it; don't try it at home, kids. It's not pretty. The sp1
repair install leaves some non-functional sp2 stuff behind (like the
Security Center, wierded out firewall settings, to name two I noticed
and recall off-hand) and the subsequent re-install of sp2 make things
even wierder; parts of it think sp2 is already there because it sees
certain leftovers and then they may not work right. In my test cases (3)
I wound up with duplicated & orphaned accounts, too.

That would be my recommendation, but you don't have to do so.
Create an installation CD with SP2 integrated, and the
installation/repair will go much more quickly.

For slip-streaming the service pack and subsequent updates to WinXP:

How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source
files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828930

SlipStreaming WinXP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm
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Definitely the way to go. The only excuse not to slipstream is if you
have no CD burner, even then it's a flimsy one at best. Everybody knows
somebody with a CD burner, easy to use slipstreaming software is free
(like Autostreamer) and it only takes about 10 minutes.

Steve
 
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