Patching Windows XP

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While installing SP2 the system crashed and from there on I could not boot.
When I recovered XP from the recovery CD it insisted on installing Windows on
a new parttion (first of the D drive and on a second attempt on another
partition of the C drive). However I seem to have all the software previously
installed and hardware drivers still uncorrupt on the old Windows C
partition. How can I force it to try and patch the old partition of Windows?
If that is not possible how do I delete the whole system and start from
scratch...

 

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Clean Installation of Windows XP:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Ze Carrapichano" <Ze Carrapichano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0BF71270-D7B1-430A-AD6B-4EB7D632567F@microsoft.com...
> While installing SP2 the system crashed and from there on I could not
> boot.
> When I recovered XP from the recovery CD it insisted on installing Windows
> on
> a new parttion (first of the D drive and on a second attempt on another
> partition of the C drive). However I seem to have all the software
> previously
> installed and hardware drivers still uncorrupt on the old Windows C
> partition. How can I force it to try and patch the old partition of
> Windows?
> If that is not possible how do I delete the whole system and start from
> scratch...