Guest Mel Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Do I have to install a zillion updates if I install XP on a new hard drive? The old hard drive died. I have a new 250gb drive installed with nothing on it. When I use my 5 year-old XP CD to load XP on this "virgin" c:\ drive, am I going to have to spend hours downloading and loading update after update, or is there some way to get one recent mega-update that will save me several evenings of work? Thanks for any help. Mel
Guest John Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 "Mel" <mricflo@dr.com> wrote in message news:1184804687.579639.134660@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com... > Do I have to install a zillion updates if I install XP on a new hard > drive? > > The old hard drive died. I have a new 250gb drive installed with > nothing on it. When I use my 5 year-old XP CD to load XP on this > "virgin" c:\ drive, am I going to have to spend hours downloading and > loading update after update, or is there some way to get one recent > mega-update that will save me several evenings of work? > > Thanks for any help. > > Mel > If your XP CD doesn't have SP2 integrated into it, you will have to download and install SP2. Microsoft no longer supports pre SP2 versions of XP. Following that there will be about 90 updates to install.
Guest PA Bear Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Not a zillion, no, but you'll need to install WinXP SP2 and then about 80 or so post-SP2 updates. Sorry, no "mega-update" until SP3 is released (and it's not even in beta yet). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org Mel wrote: > Do I have to install a zillion updates if I install XP on a new hard > drive? > > The old hard drive died. I have a new 250gb drive installed with > nothing on it. When I use my 5 year-old XP CD to load XP on this > "virgin" c:\ drive, am I going to have to spend hours downloading and > loading update after update, or is there some way to get one recent > mega-update that will save me several evenings of work? > > Thanks for any help. > > Mel
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