Problem with installation of WinXP Pro (SP2)

[Guest]

I bought WinXP Pro (SP2) with a new pc I just assembled.

It does the initial install with no problem, until the first restart.
It come up with the screen with the blue bar moving to show that it is
loading. the bar passes about 5-7 times than just stop. The whole system then
just hangs up, I left it for some time, but no progress.

I have tried the following and it worked fine:
-Install WinXP Home (SP1) and it install fine, then upgrade from it to WinXP
Pro (SP2) ... same problem.
-Install WinXP Pro (SP1) and got further with it the with the SP2
installation, only problem is that I don't have a license to continue.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I bought WinXP Pro (SP2) with a new pc I just assembled.

It does the initial install with no problem, until the first restart.
It come up with the screen with the blue bar moving to show that it is
loading. the bar passes about 5-7 times than just stop. The whole system then
just hangs up, I left it for some time, but no progress.

I have tried the following and it worked fine:
-Install WinXP Home (SP1) and it install fine, then upgrade from it to WinXP
Pro (SP2) ... same problem.
-Install WinXP Pro (SP1) and got further with it the with the SP2
installation, only problem is that I don't have a license to continue.

Please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm.

Hans-Georg