Windows XP SP2 Recovery disk?

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Hi. I was wondering if someone here could help.

Had a strange bootup today. Some desktop icons were gone. From the run
command I did a "sfc /scannow", which told me it needed DLL files. But
it said my original Window XP CD was not the right CD. Fortunately, I
just did a full drive image backup last week, so I restored that.

To avoid a repeat, I'd like to create a Windows XP SP2 recovery CD.
There's a February 8, 2005 PC Magazine article about building a SP2 CD.
Good article, but I'm confused. I have the Service Pack 2 CD. So, do I
still need to download that huge WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU file?

Do I even need to build a recovery disc? That is, if I ran "sfc
/scannow", would any needed DLL files be on the SP2 CD? Any advice
would be greatly appreciated...Dennis

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Dennis, check here. You can use the SP2 CD to do this.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en [...] gle+Search


"Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in message
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> Hi. I was wondering if someone here could help.
>
> Had a strange bootup today. Some desktop icons were gone. From the run
> command I did a "sfc /scannow", which told me it needed DLL files. But it
> said my original Window XP CD was not the right CD. Fortunately, I just
> did a full drive image backup last week, so I restored that.
>
> To avoid a repeat, I'd like to create a Windows XP SP2 recovery CD.
> There's a February 8, 2005 PC Magazine article about building a SP2 CD.
> Good article, but I'm confused. I have the Service Pack 2 CD. So, do I
> still need to download that huge WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU file?
>
> Do I even need to build a recovery disc? That is, if I ran "sfc
> /scannow", would any needed DLL files be on the SP2 CD? Any advice would
> be greatly appreciated...Dennis
>
>

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"Rich Barry" <rbarryNot@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Dennis, check here. You can use the SP2 CD to do this.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en [...] gle+Search
>


http://www.winsupersite.com/showca [...] stream.asp

This article shows how to create a XP SP2 recovery CD with the SP2 CD.
No need to spend all day downloading. I'll probably create a new
recovery disc this weekend...Dennis