Re: SP2 Install hung.......
From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/05/04
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:18:10 -0600
The cd you made is not bootable. Sometimes a cd you burn does not come out
quite right. If you continue to have problems you may need to download
again. SP2 cd's are also available at places like Office Depot.
"William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
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> Michael Solomon (MS-MVP) wrote:
>> If you were installing directly from the CD you burned, you might try
>> copying the setup file to a temp folder on your hard drive and try
>> installing from there.
>>
> What I did, Michael, was download the 279MB file and save
> it to a folder named SP2, then I burned that to a CD, so
> I almost did what you suggest. However, I will try to
> install it from the 279MB .exe file that is in the folder.
> I thought that the CD I created would be identical with
> the CD which Microsoft was sending me (two of which
> arrived today).
>
> I'm curious to see what would happen if I just booted the
> system cold, with Microsoft's CD in the drive. I wonder
> what condition that drive is in altogether (but of course,
> being a clone, I can make a new clone and write right over
> what is on it now).
>
> William B. Lurie
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