Re: XP SP2 installation error "unable to read from or write to dat
From: geoff (geoffpen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/04/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:52:05 -0800
I am also experiencing difficulties successfully loading
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU. as the error message "Unable toread from or write
to the database" pops up.
I have XP professional and use Automatic Updates but downloaded the 266mb
Service Pack from MS downloads.
I have tried to load SP2 about 4 times and give up.
Peter, we should not have to go to the same extent as you, repairing, defrag
etc.
as normal housekeeping supposedly controls those issues. ????
"Peter Harris" wrote:
> I have finally got SP2 to work :-)
>
> I did the following:
> Ran a repair re-installation of XP
> Defragged my C drive.
> Closed all non-MS processes in MSConfig
>
> The SP2 update installation then ran without the previous error
>
> However, a new error occurred as the installation was finishing. I got
> "The procedure entry point GetIUMS could not be located in the dynamic link
> library MSDART.dll" while it was running Migrate.exe
>
> I could not close this error box so I ran Task manager and stopped the
> Migrate.exe process and installation then continued to completion.
>
> I have not seen any problems since. Perhaps someone will tell me if this
> failure in Migrate.exe is critical.
>
> All this trouble and all the other questions on this NG makes me wonder how
> "Joe Public" is going to manage with this update. I suspect most ordinary
> Windows users would not have a clue how to sort this sort of problem out or
> even know where to go to find answers. I also suspect most contributors to
> this group are the more technically able users in the grand scheme of things
> (although they are probably the ones most likely to b***** things up)
>
> I think there is going to be a lot of money to be made by IT support
> companies!
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bob" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:088a01c4839e$eb796750$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
> > Just an FYI... I am getting this exact same error... and
> > cannot get around it. I've been searching everywhere for
> > some type of answer... let alone an explanation. If you
> > hear anything please post... and I will do the same.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bob
> > IN Dept. of Environmental Management
> > Indianapolis, IN
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I cannot get WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe to install.
> > It stops just after
> >>it has backed up the old files with the error
> >>"unable to read from or write to database". I have
> > tried several times
> >>with the same result each time.
> >>
> >>I have loads of memory and disk space. I have logged in
> > as administrator,
> >>stopped Norton Anti-Virus and most other tasks that I
> > could see were
> >>unnecessary with no luck I even tried doing it in safe
> > mode with the same
> >>result.
> >>
> >>In desperation I downloaded the 266MB file again in case
> > it had got
> >>corrupted in some way.
> >>
> >>Any ideas anyone?
> >>
> >>Peter Harris
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
>
>
>
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