Recovery Console compatible with SP2?

[Truth_Seeker1]

I have the original XP installation CD (pre service pack 1) and have updated
my computer to service pack 2. I'd like to install the Recovery Console as
a startup option but want to know whether the RC from that old CD going to
work with SP2.

Will it?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You will need to create an SP2 slipstreamed CD to install the SP2 Recovery
Console. It won't install from a previous version of XP:

You can download the SP2 file (266 MBs) from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en -
or if you have a copy of the SP2 CD, you can copy the xpsp2.exe file from
that CD onto your hard disk/partition and use that:

then follow the directions in the following article to create a slipstreamed
XP CD:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

Ok. I don't want to try slipstreaming unless I absolutely have to because I
know very little about it. All that I want to do with Recovery Console is
scan my hard drive for errors and then fix them. Can I boot my computer
from the original XP CD and use that version of Recovery Console to do that?
I do not want to use any of the other RC functions; I previously screwed up
my Windows installation by having it "repair" my SP2 installation and it
reverted everything to XP original!

 

[Truth_Seeker1]

Ok I called Microsoft and for $23 + $5 s&h they'll mail a full Windows XP
SP2 installer CD. They'll only do it if you own the retail box of XP,
though. The order number is 18003607561.