re-install windiws xp

[Guest]

I want to re-install XP but when I put my disk in I'm told that the disk is
an older version of Windows. Is this because I have SP2 installed? If I want
to continue with the installation all current settings will be lost. And, to
boot from the CD to do a new install. If I do the new install then do all
updates and install SP2 again will I be OK or am I missing something?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Take your older CD and download the stand-alone (network) version of SP2.
Then follow the directions here to create a slipstream CD:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
Once created, use this disk to do the repair installation. Otherwise you
will be starting from scratch, unless of course that is what you want to do.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Malke]

I want to re-install XP but when I put my disk in I'm told that the
disk is
an older version of Windows. Is this because I have SP2 installed? If
I want to continue with the installation all current settings will be
lost. And, to
boot from the CD to do a new install. If I do the new install then do
all updates and install SP2 again will I be OK or am I missing
something?

If you want to do a Repair Install (which apparently you do) as opposed
to a Clean Install, you need to slipstream your original XP cd with
Service Pack 2. This is quite easy to do. I like Autostreamer for this,
but there are other methods. Here are some links to help you:

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
- AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Malke

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I want to re-install XP but when I put my disk in I'm told that the
disk is an older version of Windows. Is this because I have SP2
installed?

Yes, buit it doesn't matter because if you're trying to do a clean
reinstallation, you're doing it wrong.

If I want to continue with the installation all current
settings will be lost. And, to boot from the CD to do a new install.

That's the correct way to do a clean reinstallation. Just boot from the
Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this)
and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing
partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

If I do the new install then do all updates and install SP2 again
will I be OK or am I missing something?

That's correct, but install SP2 before any other updates; some of them will
require that SP2 be installed. Alternatively you could create a slipstreamed
XP CD incorporating SP2 and install with that. Then you wouldn't have to
reinstall SP2. See http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262