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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / June 2007Re Installing XP Home
My system is running very slowly, and I have decided to reinstall XP Home. I have the disc, but when I run setup it kicks out and tells me that the disc cannot reinstall XP because it is a different version. I assume this is because I updated the original XP to SP4, and now the re-installation CD doesn't recognize the newer XP. How do I get around this problem? Thanks How are you running Setup? Did you put the XP disk in while Windows was running? If so, that is your problem. Try booting from the XP CD and run setup from there. By the way...I think you meant SP2, right? Tim > My system is running very slowly, and I have decided to reinstall XP Home. > I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks Tim, thanks for replying. I tried it both ways. The first time I inserted the disk when XP was running. It gave me an error message and I rebooted from the disk. I then ran Setup and it kicked me out. And yes, I did mean SP2. Les > How are you running Setup? Did you put the XP disk in while Windows was > running? If so, that is your problem. Try booting from the XP CD and run [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Thanks What do you mean by "kicked me out"? Did you get the message you wrote below (cannot reinstall because of a different version of XP)? If not, what message did you get? When you booted from the XP disk, what options did you choose? Did you choose a "clean" install where you format the disk or did you try a repair? If repair, try a clean install (I assume your data is backed up somewhere safe). Tim > Tim, thanks for replying. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > >> > Thanks When I booted from the XP CD, I got the same message -- Cannot reinstall because a newer version of XP exists. I didn't choose any options, should I have? > What do you mean by "kicked me out"? Did you get the message you wrote below > (cannot reinstall because of a different version of XP)? If not, what [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >> > > >> > Thanks > My system is running very slowly, and I have decided to reinstall > XP Home. I have the disc, but when I run setup it kicks out and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the re-installation CD doesn't recognize the newer XP. How do I > get around this problem? Tim wrote: > How are you running Setup? Did you put the XP disk in while Windows > was running? If so, that is your problem. Try booting from the XP > CD and run setup from there. By the way...I think you meant SP2, > right? > I tried it both ways. The first time I inserted the disk when XP > was running. It gave me an error message and I rebooted from the > disk. I then ran Setup and it kicked me out. And yes, I did mean > SP2. Tim wrote: > What do you mean by "kicked me out"? Did you get the message you > wrote below (cannot reinstall because of a different version of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > try a repair? If repair, try a clean install (I assume your data is > backed up somewhere safe). > When I booted from the XP CD, I got the same message -- Cannot > reinstall because a newer version of XP exists. I didn't choose > any options, should I have? If you are trying to perform a CLEAN installation - your CD will work fine. You boot from it, get to the part where it asks where you wish to install, you delete all the partition(s) you need to (the ones with Windows on it right now) and then create new partition(s) and install on those. If you are *not* trying to install fresh (you don't intend on losing everything you have not wisely backed up to an external location) - and you are instead attempting to perform what is known as a 'repair installation' - your installation media (CD in this case) must be the same service pack level as the installed version - more than likely Service Pack 2. What that means to you is that if you do not have a service pack 2 level installation media (CD) --> you will have to INTEGRATE SP2 into the installation and make a new CD if you intend on using said media (CD) for repairing the current installation. Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP http://snipurl.com/8bqy Creating an Integrated Installation http://snipurl.com/el43 Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930 Really customize your CD.. http://unattended.msfn.org/ Produce an up-to-date XP Distribution CD http://xpcreate.com/ AutoPatcher http://www.autopatcher.com/ AutoStreamer http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562 How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341  SignatureShenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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