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  1. 08-20-2004, 05:55 AM #1
    Tony2005
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    xp sp2 trouble

    i download the sp2 from a link in these forums and when i tried to install it i cot a copy error.

    any ideas?
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  2. 08-20-2004, 08:21 AM #2
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    1. Is this a legal or illegal copy of XP?
    2. Try downloading it again. By a link from this forum, do you mean the Mircrosoft site?

    Get it here...it is the newtwork version, about 273MB...but, it should work just fine.

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

    I've burned this to a disk, and upgraded home and work PC no issues.

    Good luck...

    I'm a little fuzzy on my .sys files, but...I think that's a needed file for XP to recognize disks larger than 137 GB.

    Try checking your files, for corruption.

    From a command prompt, run this:

    sfc /scannow

    See what happens...
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  3. 08-20-2004, 11:09 AM #3
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    I had that happen too. Skip the file and the service pack will install fine.
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  4. 08-20-2004, 06:08 PM #4
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    yeah i skipped it too, worked just fine, and yeah it was from the microsoft site, i lookd it up, something about programs such as alcohol etc and virtual drives, cant remeber exact details tho
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  5. 08-20-2004, 06:27 PM #5
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    I got that with a recent machine build and Service Pack 1. Do you have Daemon Tools of Alcohol 120% installed? If so, uninstall it, do the update, then reinstall it...

    For me, it was Daemon Tools, but I imagine Alcohol will have the same effect.
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  6. 08-20-2004, 06:33 PM #6
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    SP2 should only be downloaded from Microsoft - you may be installing a "tampered with" copy that opens specific ports, etc.

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  7. 08-20-2004, 09:19 PM #7
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    nope it was from MS, i think it was alcohol, but so far its working fine (except IE crashes more and more prograsmm say they may but then the work fine)not work
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  8. 08-21-2004, 12:40 AM #8
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    i had no problem installed mine
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