XP 32bit SP2 Download

[OldGuy]

I really blew it and now my WIn XP says I must have XP SP2 CD to undo
my screwup.
I cannot find it on the MS site.
Where can I download SP2 iso?
Then I will need SP3 iso. Where is that??

I am on a Win 7 laptop right now.
I am on a trip and have no Win XP disks with me.
My Win 7 laptop can burn disks but I also need a free iso burner.
TIA

 

[philo]

I really blew it and now my WIn XP says I must have XP SP2 CD to undo my
screwup.
I cannot find it on the MS site.
Where can I download SP2 iso?
Then I will need SP3 iso. Where is that??

I am on a Win 7 laptop right now.
I am on a trip and have no Win XP disks with me.
My Win 7 laptop can burn disks but I also need a free iso burner.
TIA

A waste of time to install XP sp2

I'd get or make an XP SP3 slipstreamed CD

 

[OldGuy]

My understanding is that SP2 must be installed before SP3.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

My understanding is that SP2 must be installed before SP3.

If you have SP1 installed, you don't need SP2.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24

 

[OldGuy]

As I said it is asking for SP2. DO I just ignore that and use SP3?
I did have SP3 and all updates installed before I hosed it.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

As I said it is asking for SP2. DO I just ignore that and use SP3?
I did have SP3 and all updates installed before I hosed it.

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389?wa=wsignin1.0

<q>
Prerequisites
You must have Windows XP SP2 or Windows XP SP1 installed before you install
Windows XP SP3.

</q>

 

[OldGuy]

But with the current windows state I am not sure what is installed as I
cannot access anything to tell me. I am just hoping that the power
does not glitch until I can respond to the message saying to insert the
SP2 CD.

 

[philo]

But with the current windows state I am not sure what is installed as I
cannot access anything to tell me. I am just hoping that the power does
not glitch until I can respond to the message saying to insert the SP2 CD.

Maybe you will not need an install CD at all, can you get to Safe Mode?

If so, System Restore might do the trick

 

[OldGuy]

philo  expressed precisely :

Maybe you will not need an install CD at all, can you get to Safe Mode?

If so, System Restore might do the trick

At the time, the option was to use the SP2 CD.
I was too scared to do anything else.
I knew, by the looks of the almost vacant desktop and the right-click
menu that all was lost and doubted that anything I did would make it
better but most probably worse.
Anyway, long story longer, check my other post and see that i was
successful using Macrium and a lot of virtual elbow grease to restore.

 

[philo]

At the time, the option was to use the SP2 CD.
I was too scared to do anything else.
I knew, by the looks of the almost vacant desktop and the right-click
menu that all was lost and doubted that anything I did would make it
better but most probably worse.
Anyway, long story longer, check my other post and see that i was
successful using Macrium and a lot of virtual elbow grease to restore.

Glad you got it working.

 

[Ian Jackson]

Glad you got it working.

For the (belated) record, you can get SP2 here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28
and SP3 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24
(although, IIRC, SP3 comes as one of the updates).