WinXP reinstall-Ooops!!

[pheasant]

After working around some hardware issues that corrupted WinXP to the point
of not booting, put the CD in the drive, and reinstalled over the top of the
old install.

I've never done a reinstall before, always started with a freshly formatted
disk, so this was a new experience for me.

Pretty much everything is back, stable, and working, except I can't install
any windows updates. My CD is a SP1, and after the reinstall, went to
Windows update site, and it d/l and installed the most current installer,
and has tried the BITS update without success, maybe 10 times before I
finally turned off Automatic Updates. I did have a copy of SP2 on CD,
thought I'd try this to get around the internet d/l; double clicked it, it
extracted all the files, then got the stop message: ASN1 Bad tag value met.
Next box was installation won't complete.
Figured I'd try to d/l SP2 to the hard drive just in case the CD was bad.
Same story.

I figure I've lost windows firewall and the security center, but with
Norton and Spy Sweeper running hopefully I've covered most of the bases.

Any way to work around this ASN1 Bad tag value met. ?

I could do a format, but for what I use the box for, don't feel the need. I
can listen to tunes, read email and snoop the net, it's my play box so
don't want to get too involved.

Thanks
Mark

 

[David Maynard]

After working around some hardware issues that corrupted WinXP to the point
of not booting, put the CD in the drive, and reinstalled over the top of the
old install.

Did you do a *repair* reinstall or simply install XP in the same windows
directory that was already there?

I've never done a reinstall before, always started with a freshly formatted
disk, so this was a new experience for me.

Pretty much everything is back, stable, and working, except I can't install
any windows updates. My CD is a SP1, and after the reinstall, went to
Windows update site, and it d/l and installed the most current installer,
and has tried the BITS update without success, maybe 10 times before I
finally turned off Automatic Updates. I did have a copy of SP2 on CD,
thought I'd try this to get around the internet d/l; double clicked it, it
extracted all the files, then got the stop message: ASN1 Bad tag value met.
Next box was installation won't complete.
Figured I'd try to d/l SP2 to the hard drive just in case the CD was bad.
Same story.

If your SP2 the full IT redistribution SP2 or a skinnied down version what
was only what your system needed at the time? Because, if the system is
different now then the partial SP2 is likely missing things needed for the
differences.

The full SP2 is 266.0 MB

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

 

[pheasant]

Did you do a *repair* reinstall or simply install XP in the same windows
directory that was already there?

I just put the CD in and it didn't give me the option of a repair, (was told
later I should have been pressing F8 whilst it spun up) it did an "upgrade"
right into the same folders as the original install was.

If your SP2 the full IT redistribution SP2 or a skinnied down version what
was only what your system needed at the time? Because, if the system is
different now then the partial SP2 is likely missing things needed for the
differences.

The full SP2 is 266.0 MB

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

I've got the full 266 MB update that I took off the d/l center for IT, so
it's got the entire thing.

If I get really bored, will probably buy new bits and build a different box.
After replacing the bulged caps, it still starts to flake out at about 198
mhz, so it's slowly deteriorating. Don't know for sure if it is the
processor, memroy, or still the motherboard, but with this windows update
issue, think it's time to admit defeat.

It's fun to tinker, but think this hardware/software combo is beyond it's
days as a stellar race horse. It'll do chores now, and that's about it.

Had hoped this update issue was something commonly seen by IT folks, but a
complete new start sounds like the best resolution. External hard drive
just took the top spot on the shopping list.

Anyone want to take a chance on a pre week 34 Athlon XP 2500+?
Think it was week 23 IIRC.

Thanks!
Mark

 

[David Maynard]

I just put the CD in and it didn't give me the option of a repair, (was told
later I should have been pressing F8 whilst it spun up) it did an "upgrade"
right into the same folders as the original install was.

From what you say I guess you ran the CD while windows was running. At any
rate, an 'upgrade' should have worked.

I've got the full 266 MB update that I took off the d/l center for IT, so
it's got the entire thing.

Ok. That should work too.