About WINXP SP2 Startup Boot Disks

[takuma2004]

I have just visited microsoft site and saw Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install released.

My question is that if i create Windows XP SP2 Pro startup boot disks which are about 6 floppy disks. I have Windows XP SP1 Pro installed on my computer and i want to format it using Windows XP SP2 Pro startup disks and then i will install Windows XP SP2 Pro.

Because i currently have Windows XP SP1 Pro installed on my pc and i want to format it using Windows XP SP2 Pro start up boot disks.

Will it format the WINXP SP1 Pro using WINXP SP2 Pro start up disks or i have to download WINXP SP1 Pro startup disk instead of that?

[Stuntgp2000]

Hello,

I feel that you are confused between two things Formatting your disk & Using Service Pack 2 Boot Floppy Disks.

If you need to format your HDD then the version of Boot disks doesn't matter because they can all format your disk; however, if you want to not only formatting but also install service pack 2 with this boot disks then you should use Service Pack 2 boot disks.

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[arablizzard2413]

The boot disks are exactly what's on the integrated sp2 cd, those disks are for people who can't boot from a cd-rom and need another method for installing Windows. If you can boot from a CD then don't use them, you can save some floppies. You can use any version of Windows XP (including the floppy disks) to format your hard-drive, there is now difference between them (from the formatting standpoint).