SP2 major problems!

[Len Cuff]

I have just tried twice to install SP2 in a TINY PC running Xp Home.
After the first install it started to boot but simply stopped part way
through. I have now reformatted the drive, reinstalled XP Home and
then tried to install SP2. Same problem again! Stops half way through
booting.
PC was virus infected originally but I formatted etc before the
install!

Any ideas please?

TIA


cheers,
Len

 

[TaurArian [MVP]]

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Cannot_install_Service_Pack_2
Cannot install Service Pack 2

Service Pack 2 information
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
http://www.windowstalk.org/sp2.htm

 

[neil]

Perhaps you have some incompatible hardware, have you tried removing all
peripherals including and memory cards or card readers.
When you did a reformat was it a proper format or is it using a Tiny
recovery CD, if its a recovery CD then I would run a full virus scan and
adware scan.

Neil

 

[Len Cuff]

Perhaps you have some incompatible hardware, have you tried removing all
peripherals including and memory cards or card readers.
When you did a reformat was it a proper format or is it using a Tiny
recovery CD, if its a recovery CD then I would run a full virus scan and
adware scan.

Neil

Got it sorted but I still don't know what happened! I did a complete
format and used a proper XP Home install CD. All installed fine and
then I put SP2 on again from a magazine CD which I've always used
without problems -- exactly the same problem again! Won't boot back up
and just hangs on the splash screen! reinstall yet again and this time
I used Windows Update to get what it thought I needed. Offered me SP2
so I downloaded it that way and this time it comes back up fine with
SP2 installed! Very odd!

cheers,
Len