RE: SP2 Paranoia
From: Nobody Special (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:08:17 -0700
You probably didn't read my entire post, but thanks anyway
for responding.
>-----Original Message-----
>If you are paranoid, maybe you shouldnâ?Tt upgrade...
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>How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm
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>Hope this helps!
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>Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
>(Links to online virus scans on the same page)
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>How to optimize Windows XP, 2000, ME
>for the best performance (Step-by-step Visual Guide):
>http://www.fixyourwindows.com
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>"Nobody Special" wrote:
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>> I'm really paranoid about doing the SP2 update. All the
>> Microsoft Knowledge Base articles I read tell me that I
>> will need my Windows XP CD ROM if I need to do
something
>> or other to my system. I have serious problems with
that.
>> First off, my HP Pavilion Desktop computer didn't come
>> with a Windows XP CD. It came with a system restore
>> utility instead. Couple of problems with that - what
>> happens if my computer won't boot to Windows? How do I
get
>> to that utility? Plus, the last time I had to do that,
it
>> reinstalled Windows XP alright - the ORIGIONAL system
that
>> came with the computer. All my programs and data were
>> gone! and it took me four months of headaches to get my
>> system back to where it was, and that was because some
dll
>> file or whatever someplace went capoots. With almost
>> 100,000 files presently on my computer, you can
appreciate
>> why I'm just a tad paranoid about doing anything that
>> might make it unusable, especially reading all the
horror
>> stories out there regarding problems with SP2. So, I
guess
>> my real question is whether or not there is some
>> relatively painless way to back up my system. I have
>> Norton Ghost and yesterday decided to do the backup
>> process with Ghost. Well, everything went just fine
until
>> the last (10th) CD when Norton Ghost crashed and
wouldn't
>> restart from where it left off. As you might imagine, I
>> was just a tad more than pi**ed off. I proceeded to
>> uninstall Norton Ghost and lo and behold, this morning
I
>> noticed that all my System Restore points had gone
>> byebyes. Would one of you highly informed tech types
>> please help me out here with some good advice? I'd
really
>> really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
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