Procedure to clean install Windows XP SP 1 and SP 2

[Guest]

What is the procedure to install Windows XP SP 2 if I am performing a clean
install of Windows XP SP 1 first? Do I need to load the latest hardware
drivers and run Windows Update before I install SP 2, or can I just load SP 2
immediately after installing XP SP 1? Should Anti-Virus and Internet
Security software be installed after SP 2 or before?

 

[Tim Slattery]

What is the procedure to install Windows XP SP 2 if I am performing a clean
install of Windows XP SP 1 first? Do I need to load the latest hardware
drivers and run Windows Update before I install SP 2, or can I just load SP 2
immediately after installing XP SP 1? Should Anti-Virus and Internet
Security software be installed after SP 2 or before?

You don't need to install SP1 before SP2, the SP2 update contains SP1.
Of course, if you're talking about a CD that has the OS with the SP1
update, that's a different question.

I don't think it matters whether you install drivers, etc, before or
after you install SP2. I think I'd add SP2 before hitting Windows
Update because SP2 will have lots of updates rolled into it, sparing
you the necessity of downloading all of them.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

What is the procedure to install Windows XP SP 2 if I am performing a
clean
install of Windows XP SP 1 first? Do I need to load the latest hardware
drivers and run Windows Update before I install SP 2, or can I just load
SP 2
immediately after installing XP SP 1? Should Anti-Virus and Internet
Security software be installed after SP 2 or before?

The first thing to do is to try to slipstream your XP CD to SP2.

Starting from a bare drive, I would install XP first, then basic motherboard
and device drivers, then SP2 (not via Windows Update, but from a downloaded
SP2 file), then Windows Updates, then the A/V app. Don't browse anywhere
other than to the Windows Update site until the A/V is installed.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

Thank you Tim - especially the tip about Windows Update (that'll save a lot
of time).

 

[Guest]

Thanks Patrick - those are the steps I was leaning toward. I just wanted to
get someone else's opinion, so I get it right the first time.

 

[Plato]

What is the procedure to install Windows XP SP 2 if I am performing a clean

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941

 

[Phisherman]

What is the procedure to install Windows XP SP 2 if I am performing a clean
install of Windows XP SP 1 first? Do I need to load the latest hardware
drivers and run Windows Update before I install SP 2, or can I just load SP 2
immediately after installing XP SP 1? Should Anti-Virus and Internet
Security software be installed after SP 2 or before?

Backup if there is anything to save. Disconnect from the
Internet--best to unplug. Install Windows SP2. Install your
anti-virus. Connect to the Internet and download new antivirus
definitions. Download/install all Windows critical updates.