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From: Stan on 31 Dec 2009 21:30
I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and installed SP
1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC reboots it will not load
windows but goes to safe start. ( no errors when installing SP) I then have
to go back to previous setup prior to the SP install to get it to work. I
need SP 2 or 3 to be able to use most of my software. PC Gateway 5000,
Pentium 4, 2 ghrz
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Stan
From: Shenan Stanley on 31 Dec 2009 21:43
Stan wrote:
> I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and
> installed SP 1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC
> reboots it will not load windows but goes to safe start. ( no
> errors when installing SP) I then have to go back to previous setup
> prior to the SP install to get it to work. I need SP 2 or 3 to be
> able to use most of my software. PC Gateway 5000, Pentium 4, 2 ghrz

Did you install the proper hardware drivers from the manufacturer(s)?

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From: SC Tom on 1 Jan 2010 11:38


"Stan" <Stan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DAF7C707-8404-436C-8A6B-651F5DAE5A25(a)microsoft.com...
> I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and installed SP
> 1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC reboots it will not load
> windows but goes to safe start. ( no errors when installing SP) I then
> have
> to go back to previous setup prior to the SP install to get it to work. I
> need SP 2 or 3 to be able to use most of my software. PC Gateway 5000,
> Pentium 4, 2 ghrz
> --
> Stan

Along with Shenan's suggestion, did you make sure no antivirus programs are
running, background or otherwise?
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SC Tom

From: Stan on 2 Jan 2010 21:33
As far as I know all of my drivers loaded with basic XP home edition, didn't
they? I am not aware of any hardware not working but you got me thinking.

When I was trying to load the service packs, I had not installed the virus
protection yet.
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Stan


"SC Tom" wrote:

>
>
> "Stan" <Stan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DAF7C707-8404-436C-8A6B-651F5DAE5A25(a)microsoft.com...
> > I had to replace my hard drive. I ran the XP Home install and installed SP
> > 1A. When I install either SP 2 or 3, when my PC reboots it will not load
> > windows but goes to safe start. ( no errors when installing SP) I then
> > have
> > to go back to previous setup prior to the SP install to get it to work. I
> > need SP 2 or 3 to be able to use most of my software. PC Gateway 5000,
> > Pentium 4, 2 ghrz
> > --
> > Stan
>
> Along with Shenan's suggestion, did you make sure no antivirus programs are
> running, background or otherwise?
> --
> SC Tom
>
> .
>
From: Shenan Stanley on 3 Jan 2010 00:13
Stan wrote:
> As far as I know all of my drivers loaded with basic XP home
> edition, didn't they? I am not aware of any hardware not working
> but you got me thinking.
>
> When I was trying to load the service packs, I had not installed
> the virus protection yet.

No - the Windows XP installation does not contain all the drivers. You have
to get them and install them yourself.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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