XP SP2 Won't Load on a Windows Reinstall

[Guest]

I have run XP several years now. I had to reload XP on a hard-drive I
reformatted. I reloaded Windows XP Home Edition from my original retail CD.
I also attempted to restore files from a backup created using the NT Back-up
application from the Windows XP CD. This caused multiple issues. I
finally used the Windows system restore feature to get back to a stable XP
SP1 install. Since then, most of the security patches etc have downloaded
and installed properly. XP SP2 has been a real bugger, I now have
attempted to install SP2 from a downloaded copy several times. The error
message I get is "unable to read from or write to the database".

I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Error message that you receive when you try to update a Windows XP-based computer to
Windows XP Service Pack 2 by visiting the Windows Update Web site: "Unable to read from or
write to database"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915169

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|I have run XP several years now. I had to reload XP on a hard-drive I
| reformatted. I reloaded Windows XP Home Edition from my original retail CD.
| I also attempted to restore files from a backup created using the NT Back-up
| application from the Windows XP CD. This caused multiple issues. I
| finally used the Windows system restore feature to get back to a stable XP
| SP1 install. Since then, most of the security patches etc have downloaded
| and installed properly. XP SP2 has been a real bugger, I now have
| attempted to install SP2 from a downloaded copy several times. The error
| message I get is "unable to read from or write to the database".
|
| I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|