Service Pack 2

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Hi, not sure this is the right help group but hope someone can help. I read
somewhere that you cannot repair XP from your original Windows disk if you
have SP2 installed. I have some glitches that need to be repaired and don't
want to format, but don't want to try a repair from CD till I find out if
above is true or not ?
Thanks for the help, Macoo.

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

Yes you can perform a Repair Install from the original CD.
But...you will end up with the Service Pack level of the original CD.
If the CD has SP-1, you will end up with SP-1.

You can also slipstream SP-2 into the CD and thus end up with SP-2.
But all subsequent updates will still need to be installed.
http://msfn.org/comments.php?id=92 [...] slipstream

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"Macoo" <Macoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, not sure this is the right help group but hope someone can help. I
> read
> somewhere that you cannot repair XP from your original Windows disk if you
> have SP2 installed. I have some glitches that need to be repaired and
> don't
> want to format, but don't want to try a repair from CD till I find out if
> above is true or not ?
> Thanks for the help, Macoo.