windows XP sp2 errors

[Guest]

hi all,

i have installed windows XP SP2. upto that i am using sp1 which has very
lil' problems. but when i installed sp2 i got lot of problems. i got lot of
spywares which i cleaned with mcafee antispyware. since then windows is
crashing. i updated once again. again it crashed n now i am unable to login.
it boots upto the bootscreen n then restarts automatically. with f8 at OSs
menu i tried all options. using LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION it boots upto
the login screen n then restarts. i have 2 OS in my system winxp n win2k. i
tried to update winxp from win2k. Booting from winxp cd also i tried to
repair n reinstall. but it ask to format. i have lot of downloads pending n
installed software n data, so without formatting is there any option to solve
it? i don't want to format. plz help

 

[Guest]

You can copy the folders of the Download Program you use and paste it in the
new system but after install the program on the new system.

 

[Rock]

hi all,

i have installed windows XP SP2. upto that i am using sp1 which has very
lil' problems. but when i installed sp2 i got lot of problems. i got lot of
spywares which i cleaned with mcafee antispyware. since then windows is
crashing. i updated once again. again it crashed n now i am unable to login.
it boots upto the bootscreen n then restarts automatically. with f8 at OSs
menu i tried all options. using LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION it boots upto
the login screen n then restarts. i have 2 OS in my system winxp n win2k. i
tried to update winxp from win2k. Booting from winxp cd also i tried to
repair n reinstall. but it ask to format. i have lot of downloads pending n
installed software n data, so without formatting is there any option to solve
it? i don't want to format. plz help

SP2 doesn't have more problems than SP1 and certainly not more spyware
issues. Sounds like you let the system get infected and did not clean
it properly. Your best bet, since the system is in such an undefined
state, is to do a clean install or take it to a professional computer
tech to fix for you. Then learn how to not install malware.

 

[Guest]

thanks elafify,
i did something similar to ur suggestion. actually i overwrite the old
installation with new installation. before it says disk is full shld i format
it. but i didn't read it properly so i troubled you all. now i red that
clearly and so i emptied some downloads on the desktop to another partition.
now new installation asks to overwrite the existing installation, which will
delete system files. so i choosed that option due to which i loose all
settings but all the applications are there. some of them are working and
some are not. but my download manager worked so i downloaded all files and
again formatted this partition and c drive (windows 2000).

but unfortunately again i am suffering with some other errors. these are not
related to this thread as 1 is windows 2000 related and another is general.
i'll post them in the respected forums. please reply there.

anyway thanks for your reply. actually i posted this Question in many forums
where many people give many best explanation but the to the point solution is
given by you only. thanku very much