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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: veritasffg on June 08, 2008, 01:39:22 PM
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I understand that, if I wanted to reinstall XP from the original XP disk (issued before Svc Pack 1), and if my current installation included Service Pack 1, I should either uninstall Svc Pack 1, or slipstream my original disk to include Svc Pack 1.
That seems to make sense to me - in order to prevent the reinstall being blocked by the message that a newer version of XP is on the disk.
But what if the current installation includes Svc Packs 1 - 2 & 3, and the original install disk didn't include any Svc Pack?
Would the choice then be to either uninstall all 3 svc packs, or slipstream the original disk to include all 3 svc packs?
I suppose my question relates to whether svc packs are cumulative; i.e., can svc pack 2 be installed without svc pack 1 being installed? Can svc pack 3 be installed without either of the first 2 svc packs?
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My advice, if you were to reinstall, would be to slipstream SP2 and SP3. SP1 is not necessary for SP2, but SP1 or 2 is necessary for SP3.
Alternatively install XP with no service packs and then install SP2, then SP3.
I've never had any issues with installations being blocked because I have a newer version installed, although I always install by booting from the disk.
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Just use your original disk to reinstall and then go to microsoft update to get the service packs.
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Thanks to the two previous posters. I decided not to bother with slipstreaming, and just did a clean install of XP. I immediately checked in with Windows Update, which bypassed SP1, and went straight to SP2 to download. No problems thus far - I'll probably get SP3 tomorrow. I think I agree with JJ 3000 - it's probably just as easy to go get the updates as it would be to slipstream (at least on clean installs).