SP2 update

[Guest]

Hi, I have tried to upgrade my windows XP home edition to the SP2 three or
four times over the past year, each time I resort to a full system restore. I
am not proficient enough to enter in safe mode and problem solve. The system
boots up into the newly installed SP2 version of windows and briefly throws
up an error message before rebooting. As you can imagine its a lengthy
process to go through the update and restore procedure, so I won't be doing
it to find out the error message but I recall it to mention a partition error
of some kind. My PC has two hard drives C: and D: on my last attempt and full
system restore, I noticed that my music files on the D: drive were still
intact. So am I right in thinking that the upgrades are geared toward C:
drive and this is the problem or is there a custom installation feature that
accomodates this occurance. Thanks Ian.

 

[Jim]

Hi, I have tried to upgrade my windows XP home edition to the SP2 three or
four times over the past year, each time I resort to a full system
restore. I
am not proficient enough to enter in safe mode and problem solve. The
system
boots up into the newly installed SP2 version of windows and briefly
throws
up an error message before rebooting. As you can imagine its a lengthy
process to go through the update and restore procedure, so I won't be
doing
it to find out the error message but I recall it to mention a partition
error
of some kind. My PC has two hard drives C: and D: on my last attempt and
full
system restore, I noticed that my music files on the D: drive were still
intact. So am I right in thinking that the upgrades are geared toward C:
drive and this is the problem or is there a custom installation feature
that
accomodates this occurance. Thanks Ian.

Before you try once again, disable auto reboot. Then when something bad
happens, you can copy down the exact error message so that someone might
have a fighting chance at solving your problem.

The SP2 installation only targets the system drive; however, before doing
the next try, disable all devices not needed for the installation. Thus,
all you should have are the monitor, mouse, keyboard, and drive C.

Did you make certain that your computer is ready for the upgrade? It must
be free of malware of all kinds, its BIOS may need upgrading, and some of
the drivers may also need upgrading. Visit the web site of the manufacturer
of your computer to download the latest drivers, etc.

Jim

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jim, I've just read how to turn off the auto-restart, and i'll check
for drivers etc. with the manufacturer. I've been out of the computer game
for a while, so the upgrading of FAT's etc spooked me. ( if thats the term
for 32 bit to 64 bit )

 

[Jim]

Thanks Jim, I've just read how to turn off the auto-restart, and i'll
check
for drivers etc. with the manufacturer. I've been out of the computer game
for a while, so the upgrading of FAT's etc spooked me. ( if thats the term
for 32 bit to 64 bit )

Not really. FAT (in all of its various forms) is a disk cataloging scheme.
NTFS is another disk cataloging scheme. If Windows 64 does not support FAT,
the reason is that Microsoft did not write drivers which can access a FAT
drive (I don't know whether it can or cannot access a FAT drive).
Jim