Installed XP Service Pack 3 PC Crashed During Install

[frankjr66]

My Nephew Thought He was doing some good by trying to update with xp service
pack 3 but he back up my pc and the failed half way through install, So I
cant uninstall and I cant Reinstall because pc says its so. system restore
wont work and now the pc no longer has XP Service pack 2 I Dont what to do
?????????

 

[Malke]

My Nephew Thought He was doing some good by trying to update with xp service
pack 3 but he back up my pc and the failed half way through install, So I
cant uninstall and I cant Reinstall because pc says its so. system restore
wont work and now the pc no longer has XP Service pack 2 I Dont what to do
?????????

Shout these words at your nephew:

NEVER INSTALL BETA SOFTWARE ON A PRODUCTION MACHINE!

Back up your data and do a clean install of Windows.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand

If you need to have a professional computer repair shop do this for you
- and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea - then
insist that your nephew pay for the services.


Malke

 

[VVIJA]

SP3 for windows xp has not been completed tested now.
Its the release candidate which is like a beta program.
The only option to uninstall SP3 RC is to uninstall it from add/remove
programs or to perform system restore.
But in your case you cant try anyone of these so the only option is to CLEAN
INSTALL WINDOWS AFTER TAKING BACKUP OF THE DATA
refer to this link for clean installation of windows
http://www.windowsreinstall.com

 

[PA Bear]

<QP>
This pre-release software is provided for testing purposes only. Microsoft
does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical
systems. Microsoft recommends that you have a backup of your data prior to
installing any pre-release software.
</QP>
Source:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=75ed934c-8423-4386-ad98-36b124a720aa

WinXP SP3 RC builds are not supported in this newsgroup.

Limited support available here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
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[frankjr66]

Thanks to all ! I have been really lucky with my pc until now i never had
any issues I now know that i should have password protected it or locked the
office well Merry Christmas to alll

 

[frankjr66]

I have another question my oem is xp service pack 1 how will i get xp 2 I
have been searching for this install thanks

 

[PA Bear]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a

 

[VVIJA]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a
This is the link for downloading sp2.

Download it and make sure you disable all your security softwares, unplug
all the external hardwares from your computer and then run the installation.

DO NOT RUN IT DIRECTLY FROM WEBSITE> DOWNLOAD IT AND SAVE IT ON YOUR
COMPUTER AND THEN RUN IT FROM THAT FILE.