Repair XP Pro SP2

[Joe T]

I insert the XP Pro SP2 CD and select install. I want to repair. It gives me
the option of Upgrade or new install. Is the upgrade option the same as
repair?

 

[Kayman]

I insert the XP Pro SP2 CD and select install. I want to repair. It gives me
the option of Upgrade or new install. Is the upgrade option the same as
repair?

No it isn't. Service Pack 2 (SP2) is an (old) upgrade. You should consider
upgrading to SP3. If have backed-up your important folders/files etc.,
instead of repairing you may wish to consider the following:

1.How to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Create an Integrated XP
Setup Disk with SP 3
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/slipstream-xp-service-pack-3.shtml
--or (maybe more user friendly)--
Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm
--and--
WinUpdatesList v1.23
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wul.html
--also--
Change the Boot Order in BIOS (good illustration)
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm

2.Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
--or even better because its illustrated and more reader friendly--
How Do I Install Windows
XPhttp://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

Good luck

 

[Anna]

I insert the XP Pro SP2 CD and select install. I want to repair. It gives
me
the option of Upgrade or new install. Is the upgrade option the same as
repair?

Joe T:
Yes, for all practical purposes the in-place Upgrade (reinstallation) is
identical to the Repair install of the XP OS.

If the user can boot to his or her Desktop then they can use the Upgrade
(reinstallation) process by accessing their XP installation CD, select the
"Install Windows XP" option and then select the "Upgrade" installation type.
It's just as you indicated in your post.

Ordinarily the Repair install of the OS is undertaken by a user when their
system doesn't boot to their HDD containing the XP OS, so there's no
recourse but to boot to the XP installation CD and undertake the Repair
process through that means.

There can be a slight "hitch" in this aforementioned process, as follows...

Let's say (as an example) the user's XP OS has had SP3 installed in the
system. Typically the OS was running with SP1 and/or SP2 and the user
subsequently downloaded & installed SP3. Now, for one reason or another, the
user desires to undertake a reinstallation (repair) of the OS. Should their
XP installation CD not contain SP3 - either no SP at all, or just SP1, or
SP2), then they would not be able to undertake the "Upgrade" installation
type. A Windows-generated message would appear stating that "Setup cannot
continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the
version on the CD", etc. etc.

One way the user could get around the problem cited above is to have a
"slipstreamed" XP installation CD which incorporates whatever SP is
currently on his or her system.

But even without this "slipstreamed" disk, the user could still undertake a
Repair install of the OS by booting to his/her XP installation CD and
undertaking the Repair install from that end via the Setup process and
selecting the Repair operation (*not* the Recovery Console access). The
Repair process would move forward regardless that the user's XP installation
CD did not contain the newer SP presently incorporated on the
currently-installed OS. Assuming the Repair install is successful the user
would (presumably) subsequently install SP2 and/or SP3.

You might want to take a look at this Microsoft article on this subject
which goes into considerable detail about the process...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341
Anna

 

[Kayman]

No it isn't.

I stand corrected; "An in-place upgrade is also named a repair
installation".

Sorry for misinformation (too much eggnog).

But you still should consider upgrading to SP3.
Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/srvpatch.mspx?mfr=true

Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

 

[mikesmith9999]

I insert the XP Pro SP2 CD and select install. I want to repair. It givesme
the option of Upgrade or new install. Is the upgrade option the same as
repair?

The computer asks for the administration password when I ask for
Repair. What is it?

 

[Doum]

I insert the XP Pro SP2 CD and select install. I want to repair. It
gives me the option of Upgrade or new install. Is the upgrade option
the same as repair?

To do a "repair install", you should boot the computer from the
installation CD. You must set the boot order in the BIOS and choose the CD
drive as the first device.

When the system boot from the CD, you choose install at the first menu,
then when the install program detects the current installation on the hard
disk, you choose "repair".

HTH
Doum