Upgraded to SP2 - Cannot install Recovery Console

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Steve N.

My WinXP Pro OEM SP2 system will not install Recovery Console. The error
reports that the installed version of Windows is newer than what I'm
installing from. This occurs using a slipstreamed SP2 CD, the i386
directory I copied from the SS CD, or the original SP1 CD. The SS CD
boots fine and I can get to RC from that.

Before attmepting to install RC I changed the setup directory registry
entry to C:\ after I copied i386 directory to the C: drive as a test.

Steve
 
You can install the recovery console with a Version of Windows XP that has
been slipstreamed with SP2.


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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
You can install the recovery console with a Version of Windows XP
that has been slipstreamed with SP2.
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As I said, I did use a slipstreamed SP2 CD, you must've missed that,
perhaps due to my poor writing. It didn't work. It said the installed
version of Windwos is newer than what I'm trying to install from. I then
tried it from the i386 folder copied from the SS CD. Same deal. I then
tried from the original SP1 CD for grins, same deal.

The slipstreamed CD boots fine and I can get to RC from that but cannot
install RC to the system from any source I have available.

Steve
 
I have installed it on numerous computers without incident. You didn't
slipstream the SP correctly.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
BTW, I used a slipstreamed RETAIL version of Windows XP Professional.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
I have installed it on numerous computers without incident. You didn't
slipstream the SP correctly.
Click to expand...

I used AutoStreamer and then burned the resulting ISO to CD. Both
reported success. I will try slipstreaming another CD again, perhaps
using another method.

Steve
 
Maybe not! The OEM CD can have information added or missing - as compared to
the Retail version!

I used AutoStreamer also. Worked great. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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