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Posted by Richard Miller on December 16, 2008, 7:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options It has been a long time when I installed MCE 2005.
It’s a little confusing “Windows XP Service Pack 2" is Disk 1.
Install disk1 then disk2 then disk1
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Richard A Miller MCE mvp
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
"Accumbens" wrote:
> I've tried that and it's not working (I don't remember the exact message, but
> I think that it asks for the same thing again). I'm not currently at home
> with the computer, but I've tried putting in any of the Windows disks that
> came in the package when I'm asked this and none of them fixed the problem.
>
>
> "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Put the first CD in when it asks for the "Windows XP Service Pack 2" disk.
> >
> > Doug Knox, MS MVP DTS-XP
> > Win 95/98/Me Tweaks and Fixes
> > http://www.dougknox.com
> > ===============================
> > Associate Expert
> > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > ===============================
> > Replies to the newsgroups only please!
> >
> > >I just assembled a new computer (all new components) and when I try to
> > > install XP MC it asks for the service pack 2 disk. My Windows didn't come
> > > with this - it came with 2005 updates, but no service pack 2. I
> > > downloaded
> > > the XP service pack 2 file from the MS website, extracted it, burned it to
> > > cd, then put it in, but it is still not working. Specifically, it asks
> > > for
> > > files such as nt5inf.cat and some others, which I point to on the SP2 disk
> > > that I made, but it says that it can't complete installation, then
> > > restarts
> > > installation from the point where it asks if I want to format the drive.
> > >
> > > Other info:
> > > - Originally I did the full format of the HD (not quick format)
> > > - I have tried to make a slipstreamed version using the SP2 file and my
> > > Windows, but it says that it can't perform the procedure because the
> > > Windows
> > > already has SP2 embedded in it.
> > > - I was going to try to install windows by putting the files on the HD,
> > > but
> > > when I get a dos prompt, I can't use the xcopy command to copy whole
> > > directories. I can only use the copy command, but that would require a
> > > lot
> > > of typing.
> > > - This is a totally legit version of windows - it's an OEM version I just
> > > bought from Newegg and I have not tried to put it onto another computer or
> > > anything.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm running out of ideas.
> > >
> > > Here's what I'm working with:
> > > intel celeron 430
> > > msi p43 neo3-f mainboard
> > > 4 gig (2x2Gig) OCZ Pi memory
> > > WD 640 gig HD
> > > LG dvd burner/reader
> > >
> > > I can go into bios, all the memory is recognized, etc. My issue seems to
> > > be
> > > confined to windows.
> >
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