re: We Apologize - Can't start my computer
Monday, November 27, 2006 at 11:45 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by BILL
(92 messages posted)
Thanks again, Rich, for your quick and detailed observations. They have helped me
narrow down my choices. I am mulling them over as to which course to take. Bill.
On Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 12:24 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>if I install a new drive with the old then install Win XP with my
>original disks on the new drive will there be any problems because the new won't
>have all the updates?
>
>You will definately not have all the updates. Also, if your system is at SP2 + all
>updates and your CD is at SP1 then you will have to install SP2 plus all 70 or so
>updates. YOu can get around the SP2 part by creating a new XP CD slipstreamed with
>SP2 then use it to install with. Instructions follow:
>
>The simplest way to create a Bootable Windows XP Pro or Home Installation CD Slipstreamed
>with SP2 is to use Autostreamer. You point to your XP Pro CD, the SP2 Service Pack
>.exe file, give it a path to write the .iso file to and off it goes.
>
>In 5 or 10 minutes you have a .iso file that you can burn to CD with almost any
CD
>burner program you want to use. I used Roxio 7. Then you install using the new CD.
>
>Here is the link to Autostreamer:
>
>http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml
>
>You can download the SP2 .exe here:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
>
>I have seen people mention slipstreaming the updates with the new CD also but I
have
>not come across any instructions on how to do that. If it can be done then you could
>download all the updates and slipstream them to the new CD along with SP2.
>
>if I add the old to another computer could there be conflicts for the same reason?
>
>No, the drive should be treated as a secondary drive with data on it, not as a boot
>device.
>
>I have both new and old drive in the same computer and the old has a virus that
caused
>my problem, will the infection spread to the new drive and leave me with the same
>problem
>
>No, not unless you run programs from the old drive somehow that spread an existing
>infection. What I suggested was to just save your data then format the drive, thus
>wiping out everything.
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