Installing Win XP Pro?

[Guest]

My computer is in dire need of having windows XP pro reinstalled on it. The
disc that came with it has w xp pro on it. When I try to reinstall xp it says
the version on my computer is newer than the one on the disc, Is this because
I added SP/2 at a later date? If I remove SP/2 would my disc work to
reinstall XP then? I have a disc with SP/2 so I could reinstall it again,
Right? I'm trying to keep from doing a total restore and loose everything.
Big pain to start over. Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My computer is in dire need of having windows XP pro reinstalled on
it. The disc that came with it has w xp pro on it. When I try to
reinstall xp it says the version on my computer is newer than the
one on the disc, Is this because I added SP/2 at a later date? If I
remove SP/2 would my disc work to reinstall XP then? I have a disc
with SP/2 so I could reinstall it again, Right? I'm trying to keep
from doing a total restore and loose everything. Big pain to start
over. Thanks for any help you can give me.

That's because you are trying to install while in windows.

Boot *from* the CD - and then you can WIPE everything - no matter what OS is
there - because you can (and if you are trying to do a clean installation -
SHOULD) delete the partitioning and create new partitioning on the drive in
question.

Otherwise you won't be doing much of anything - even if you bothered to
slipstream SP2 into your Windows XP CD (Google that.)

 

[Nepatsfan]

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My computer is in dire need of having windows XP pro
reinstalled on
it. The disc that came with it has w xp pro on it. When I try
to
reinstall xp it says the version on my computer is newer than
the one
on the disc, Is this because I added SP/2 at a later date? If
I
remove SP/2 would my disc work to reinstall XP then? I have a
disc
with SP/2 so I could reinstall it again, Right? I'm trying to
keep
from doing a total restore and loose everything. Big pain to
start
over. Thanks for any help you can give me.

First off, if your current XP installation is in such bad
shape, a repair installation may not make all that much
difference.

That said, you have two options. First. uninstalling SP2 from
your current installation should allow you to use your XP
installation CD. An alternative approach would be to create
what's called a "slipstreamed" installation CD.

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

Here are some of the files you'll need to obtain in order to
follow this procedure:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals and Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

AutoStreamer 1.0.33
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1

CDBurner XPPro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php

Here are some other resources you might want to take a look at:

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

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

How can I slipstream service packs into the Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 media?
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

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

Good luck

Nepatsfan