XP on new hard drive

[Guest]

I've just had to replace a fried hard drive and use an HP recovery disk to
get started on a new HDD. Problem is, the recovery disk dates to 2003 and
when I try to download XP SP2 I get a variety of error messages. Perhaps I
need to download SP1 first?

 

[MAP]

I've just had to replace a fried hard drive and use an HP recovery
disk to get started on a new HDD. Problem is, the recovery disk
dates to 2003 and when I try to download XP SP2 I get a variety of
error messages. Perhaps I need to download SP1 first?

No, sp2 "includes" sp1 do not download sp2 from windows update instead
download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-
8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Or you can order a sp2 cd from microshaft er microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/defau
lt.mspx

Here is some good reading on sp2.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php
also
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

 

[Guest]

Yes run SP1. After that run any other critical updates between
SP1 & SP2. SP2 needs many previous update to work.

 

[Dave B.]

Entirely, 100% incorrect, SP2 can be applied directly without wasting time
with your method.

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[Gene K]

Correct. Service Pack 2 is supplied with Service Pack 1 already merged
within.

Gene K

Entirely, 100% incorrect, SP2 can be applied directly without wasting time
with your method.

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