SP2 crash - laptop reboots

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:07:16 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>I did the SP2 and my laptop hung half way thru the
install, so I was forced
>to reboot. I tried the SP2 a second time and it hung
again but now the
>laptop goes thru an endless reboot cycle. If I select
safe mode, normal or
>anything, it attempts to load xp but briefly pops up a
blue screen (so fast
>can't view) and reboots and I can not go any further.
>
>I can not find my windows xp home edition cd that it
came with, I do
>have/own a full licensed copy of XP Pro (not upgrade
version). I just want
>my data files and than will install my full license copy
on the laptop. Is
>it possible to install XP Pro Full on my laptop without
reformatting my
>existing hard drive. When I attempted to do, the only
choice given is to
>wipe existing hard drive and install new, is there a
work around or am I
>missing a step. Thank you in advance
>.
>hp and compaq and some gateways and a lot of oems use
proprietary drivers for their laptops,so forget
installing your xp pro cd,especially if already installed
elsewhere(one cd,one cdkey ,one computer)

there is a command sequence to remove sp2 from the
recovery console,you can boot to your pro cd and the
recovery run that command then remove sp2 from add remove.

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