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09-21-2008, 02:37 PM
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Installing a service pack to xp that has no service packs installed.
Hey, Reinstalling XP to a friends computer and tried to go straight to installing SP3(from a burnt cd I've been using) but apparently this isn't possible because of the XP disk being an original XP disk with no service packs. Do I have to begin with installing SP1 or can I just jump to installing SP2. (Have never dealt with a version 1 XP install before!) Getting tnis box going so he can start using it for school in the morning. Thanks!
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09-21-2008, 02:56 PM
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As far as I'm aware, you should be able to go directly to service pack 3. I believe it contains the full roll-up of everything contained in SP1 and 2. You could do this via windows update, although it's possible you'd have to download a certain amount of updates first. I'd download the full version of SP3 from Microsoft and install it manually once you have installed all device drivers.
http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/d...displaylang=en
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09-21-2008, 05:00 PM
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Nope. For some reason, you can't go right from 0 to 3.
You SHOULD be able to go from 0 to 2, then you should go to Windows Update and get that caught up to where it shows you the 90 or so critical updates - then you can close out without downloading and installing those and install SP3 from the admin download (316mb). |
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09-21-2008, 05:54 PM
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Strange. I thought it might be the case that SP1 was needed first (I was able to go from 1-3 but I've never actually worked with a pre-SP1 disc), but it would seem not!
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09-21-2008, 08:04 PM
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Yup...wouldn't of thunk either. Anyways...what I'd like to do is just burn to a CD/R and have the thing. Looking around and what would be the best/safest place to burn the ISO from. Microsoft seems to want you to do an update style of download and I'll be retrieving it on a Vista box. The non-SP Windows is configured to a dial up config. and just want to make it simple?
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09-22-2008, 05:49 AM
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Am unsure what you mean about ISO. The full download of SP3 that I linked to is an executable file, as is the case with SP2 that it looks like you will need to download and install first:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Both *should* fit on a single CD-R - just burn them as data files to the disc. |
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09-22-2008, 11:05 AM
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The best and safest thing to do is take his CD and slipstream SP2 into it. That is *known* to work well. SP3 slipstreaming is still questionable.
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