[Help] - XP Installation

[kunkumd]

Dear Friends,

I have winXP prfessional with sucessfull working condition. when I try to Upgrade with SP2, it is coming XP introduction and blank screen is displaying. Nothing visibile.

When I try to recover my old (winXP prfessional) version, boot with XP cd and I press 'r' then system asked for which version you want to load then I gave 1 and enter, it prompts for Administrator pwd then I gave it, it promts E:/windows_ at this stage I was halted.any body can help to recover my old version?

Thanks in adv.

Kundan

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--Zxian

[Subcodec]

What you are getting is the Recovery Console. This is mainly used to help repair or check system files when Windows is unable to boot or you are unable to recover certain files from within the OS.

What you want to do is a reinstall. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Boot from your XP install CD
   
2. Let it load all the driver files
   
3. The first options you will get will be to either set up Windows or repair with recovery console. Choose the set up by pressing ENTER.
   
4. Agree with the EULA by pressing F8
   
5. Here is where you will do a reinstall. Choose the option to repair the installation by pressing R
   
6. Windows will now start copying files and going through the installation process
   

This should basically uninstall SP2 for you. It will restore all the original system files from you install disc.

I have never done this myself, so maybe someone will attest to this.

If you would like to use SP2, your best choice would be a clean install (backup your data and format the drive/partition) and install with a install disc with SP2 slipstreamed. You can easily find out how to do this by searchin this forum or going to http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp