SP2 installation hung

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As reported 2 days ago....I downloaded full 279M SP2
from website, burned it to CD, went offline, closed
down all I could and tried to install on a good clone
of my main system. It did a bunch
of initializing and looked like it was progressing
properly, and then halted with message
"Unable to read from or write to the database".
I closed that out and it then proceeded to tell me
"SP2 Setup error. Install did not complete".
It gave me no alternative but to recycle power and
switch the HD out and revert to this main system
(I'm glad I didn't try it first on my Main System
instead of a backup clone).

I just received two SP2 CDs from Microsoft. I'll use
them henceforth instead of what I downloaded.......
but I'm waiting for advice.......and thank you.
--
William B. Lurie

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Well, of course, those are possibilities, Colin.....
but I'm hoping that one of the MVPs will come back
and tell me to start over with a Microsoft CD....
and tell me that it will correct whatever boo-boos
were caused in the abortive installation.
W B L

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> You may have gotten a bum download or the cd you burned might have error.
>
> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
> news:41630EB6.8040907@nospam.org...
>
>>As reported 2 days ago....I downloaded full 279M SP2
>>from website, burned it to CD, went offline, closed
>>down all I could and tried to install on a good clone
>>of my main system. It did a bunch
>>of initializing and looked like it was progressing
>>properly, and then halted with message
>>"Unable to read from or write to the database".
>>I closed that out and it then proceeded to tell me
>>"SP2 Setup error. Install did not complete".
>>It gave me no alternative but to recycle power and
>>switch the HD out and revert to this main system
>>(I'm glad I didn't try it first on my Main System
>>instead of a backup clone).
>>
>>I just received two SP2 CDs from Microsoft. I'll use
>>them henceforth instead of what I downloaded.......
>>but I'm waiting for advice.......and thank you.
>>--
>> William B. Lurie
>
>
>


--
William B. Lurie