Problem installing SP2

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Sir,
Im using p4 2.4 GHZ 256 RAM and mercury P4M266a motherboard,i tried to install
service pack 2 in my win xp home edition,everything installs smoothly but after complete installation and reboot i experienced boot failure and it failed to boot in
safe mode also, i have formatted my hard disk and the problem still persists,but it is smooth with SP1. How to solve this?

If you have a licensed version of Windows XP, I'll recommend you to create an SP2 integrated install cd and try installing with it.
[*] XP SP2 Slipstreaming

try diffrent sp2 file. the file might be courappt

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I tried using slipstreaming cd,but same problem again ,,anyway thanks!!!!

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Hi
Probably ur copy is corrupted.I have a similar PC as yours and with the same WinXP Home with SP2 but I'm not experiencing any such problem.

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hi friends..

i do have WIn xp home edition. its not even installed with sp1.

i want to install win xp sp2..can i directly update with sp2..or shud i do sp1 first ..really i donno. can anybodytell me..??

moreover was it provided in our digit cd/dvd ..??? can u say wot month it was/.??

how much mb wud it be..approx ...????

heard win xp sp3 also released...????

1.yes,direct update is possible
2.Sept 2004/June 2005
3.266 MB
4.No

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Yes u can directly install sp2. Sp1 is not needed to install sp2.
Further, it was present in the June 2005 DVD. The freeware /anniversary issue.
It is a 266MB download.
SP3 is not an official release. It is just a collection of all post sp2 updates.

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thank u guys. oops i dont have both the dvds. so waiting for another release in the short comings...BTW..so we need sp2 b4 we insatll sp3..am i right..?

No .. Windows Service packs are cumulative updates .. That means if you install Sp2, you dont need to install Sp1 .. There is no stipulated date for SP3 yet ..

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it_waaznt_me said:
No .. Windows Service packs are cumulative updates .. That means if you install Sp2, you dont need to install Sp1 .. There is no stipulated date for SP3 yet ..

then , whn sp3 is released it wud include all teh things released in previous sevice packs also.."casanova" user previous post he said , sp3 is a collecion of updates, so i got a ques to install sp2 and tehn get into sp3;

thansk bye;

i got the same problem a few days before.Finally the problem diagnosed was my motherboard didnt support the installation. Finally i got my motherboard replaced(It was under guarantee). And now i have service pack 2 installed on my pc.Check for ur motherboard.

SP2 will not be installed on a duplicate installation CD. Think something different. any help?