Problem with XP

[WannaPlay]

Hi, i've got some problems with my pc. My pc was working fine but i stupidly upgraded my windows xp home sp2 to pro sp2. I downloaded windows xp pro sp2 from the net... Now my pc is acting funny, its become very inconsistent Its become very sluggish eventhough ram usage is only 140 and cpu works at its normal speeds. The sound on the pc is strange its very jumpy and the mouse as well. Are there different requirements for pro sp2? Can someone make available a good working version of windows xp please? There's nothing like a "healthy" pc... :)

Specs: 256ram Intel Celeron 1.4Gz 35gigs.

[{I}{K}{E}]

System requirements are the same.

Just use your home copy (format) reinstall it and upgrade to SP2.

[WannaPlay]

i don't have a home copy... :(

[{I}{K}{E}]

i don't have a home copy... :(

then use the downloaded copy (XP PRO)

[WannaPlay]

u mean a cd right?

[WannaPlay]

looks like the downloaded copy of xp pro was the problem.. not a good copy. i've repaired installed and its still the same.. :(

[{I}{K}{E}]

IF you were able to install it then it seems ok. upgrading from one OS to another can always cause problems.

Just make sure the disk is bootable.

[WannaPlay]

what does that mean? ignorence is bliss?!?!?

[WannaPlay]

how do i find out if its bootable?

[tesco]

put the cd in the drive then reboot go into bios and make sure the boot order includes the cd drive (before the hard drive), then reboot again. If it says "press any key to boot from cd..." then it's bootable, if not then it's not bootable (and most likely burned wrong).

just format the drive and install pro. you shouldn't have upgraded, it almost always causes problems.

[WannaPlay]

ok this is what happen.. Basically i pressed f8 it went into this screen where it showed floppy disk, cd and some other thing. i pressed the cd one, it said something like boot from cd press any button... then i pressed it, it carried on loading windows until it got to the login screen. Is this right?

[tesco]

when u press any button it should have booted to windows setup so i guess something is wrong with that cd...

[WannaPlay]

so i do need a good version of windows after all. I don't think i made a mistake in making the cd.. It works properly when you load it up.. Any good versions of windows out there please let me know! Thanks for your help :)

[tesco]

well it doesn't really make sense that you used it to install windows if it's not booting... :blink:

edit: anyway if you want to redownload it then get bittorrent and go to a torrent site like suprnova.org and find a torrent for "windows XP corp SP2 integrated" or something like that.

make sure it's corp (requires no cracking, pro and home do...).

[WannaPlay]

ok kool! I'll check it out. Thanks for all your help guys. ;)

[AndrewBarker]

so i do need a good version of windows after all. I don't think i made a mistake in making the cd.. It works properly when you load it up.. Any good versions of windows out there please let me know! Thanks for your help :)
If you downloaded the FTFiSO version I directed you to the other day, then that is definately a perfectly working release
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showpost.php?p=845901&postcount=1

Edit: The same release is also shown here
http://www.shareconnector.com/modules.php?name=ed2k&op=viewrelease&id=6233

[WannaPlay]

Thx Andrew for the post :). I've never done a format of a drive.. Can anyone show me a quide on it please? Or should i do a clean install?

[peat moss]

Thx Andrew for the post :). I've never done a format of a drive.. Can anyone show me a quide on it please? Or should i do a clean install?



Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

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Edit: wannaplay enable your PM option , I was trying to pm you a better link . Pm me if you need help tho ,its not a problem . :)

[WannaPlay]

:) thx mate!