Help. Unable to reinstall SP2.

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During my attempt to repair Windows XP Home Edition I "lost" SP2. For a couple of days now I've been unable to reinstall it. The installation always freezes up on me about one quarter of the way. Please help. botzaris

Dell-Dimension 8300 Series
Date of Birth September 9, 2003
Chipset PCI Intel I875P at 533 MHz (support processor with bus system at 800 MHz)
BIOS Version: A02
Memory DDRSDRAM Dual Channel
BUS AGP 8x, 8 USB 2.0, 4 PCI
10/100 Pro Ethernet (RJ 45 only)
Windows XP Home SP2 (build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz, bus system at 800 MHz
2048 Mo DDR SDRAM (4 x 512)
Floppy Drive 3.5"/1.44 Mo
240Go Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe (2 hard disks x 120 GB 7700rpm with DataBurstTM cache)
Dell Monitor 18" 1800FP Flat Ultrasharp (DVI)
Video Card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mo DDR (exit TV support DVI and Dual Display)
Burner DVD + RW 4x/CDRW (12x/10x/32x) and Player DVD ROM 16x with decoder software MPEG 2 (2 players 2bays 5"1:4)
Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigny 2 (Port IEEE 1394 included)
Altec Lansing ADA995 - 5 x 20 W and base 100 W (THX)
Modem Card (DATA/FAX) 56kbps V92
Logitech Dual Action USB Gamepad
Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick

mombodog · Answer

Download it from here, save it to your hard drive, and install it in safe mode.   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Maui Wowie · Answer

Mom what exactly does safe mode do? or what is it used for? why is it safer to load sp2 in safe mode?

mombodog · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode

botzaris · Answer

I've already done that except that I downloaded it to my desktop. Should I downloded it and install it as a user or administrator? botz

mombodog · Answer

admin

Evermore · Answer

Mombodog; I'm going to ask a touchy question!!! My neighbor has an XP os computer that doesn't have validated software. She is unable to update to the sp2 version. Is there any way to download sp2 software to her computer so she can get Microsoft updates? Thanks

mombodog · Answer

Use the link I posted above. The microsoft link, not the wikipedia. Message Edited by mombodog on 01-24-2008 12:04 PM

Evermore · Answer

Monbodog; Would you also suggest that I save it to my 'C' drive than down load it in safe mode?

mombodog · Answer

You don't have to download it in safe mode, just install SP2 in safe mode, yes save it to your hard drive, to a folder of choice, then boot into safe mode and execute the file.

botzaris · Answer

It stopped half way this time around. Any other suggestions? botz

mombodog · Answer

Slipstream SP2 into your XP CD and reinstall the OS clean.   http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

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Help. Unable to reinstall SP2.

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