Windows XP Setup (no SP) over Broken Windows XP SP2 Installation

[DP]

Hello,

Would Windows XP Setup from CD (no service packs applied) over a broken
Windows XP SP2 installation preserve all the installed application and other
machine/user settings? If yes, how to make sure that is the case - any
choises to make during the installation?

If it can't preserve all, what could be saved and what cannot?

Thank you,
DP

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Suggest you make a new Windows XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed
and then perform a "Repair Install".

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.p­hp?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.­php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.­com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Hello,
|
| Would Windows XP Setup from CD (no service packs applied) over a broken
| Windows XP SP2 installation preserve all the installed application and other
| machine/user settings? If yes, how to make sure that is the case - any
| choises to make during the installation?
|
| If it can't preserve all, what could be saved and what cannot?
|
| Thank you,
| DP

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Create a new disk slipstreamed with SP2, then use it to do a repair
installation.

Slipstream instructions:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Repair installation instructions:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org