Total reinstall of XP

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I plan to do a complete reinstall of XP home on my PC, and wish to have
everything at hand when I do so.

I plan to save and then restore the validation key file.

I have the original restore CDs that came with my PC. If I obtain a CD with
the most current SP2, is that all I need? Or would I also need to have the
SP1 CD and then download other various updates and fixes?

Can I download SP2 in a format that I could put on a CD for this use?

Thanks.
 
Klein said:
I plan to do a complete reinstall of XP home on my PC, and wish to
have everything at hand when I do so.

I plan to save and then restore the validation key file.

I have the original restore CDs that came with my PC. If I obtain a
CD with the most current SP2, is that all I need? Or would I also
need to have the SP1 CD and then download other various updates and
fixes?

Can I download SP2 in a format that I could put on a CD for this use?

Thanks.
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Download the network installation version.

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If you have a CD burner, the SP2 file that Will Denny pointed to and a
Windows XP CD, you can use this info
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49 to create a
slipstreamed version of XP that has SP2 embedded. It works very nicely. I've
done this for both Windows XP Home and Pro versions.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


| I plan to do a complete reinstall of XP home on my PC, and wish to have
| everything at hand when I do so.
|
| I plan to save and then restore the validation key file.
|
| I have the original restore CDs that came with my PC. If I obtain a CD
with
| the most current SP2, is that all I need? Or would I also need to have the
| SP1 CD and then download other various updates and fixes?
|
| Can I download SP2 in a format that I could put on a CD for this use?
|
| Thanks.
 
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