Why SP2 when SP3 is available?
"SJM" <SJM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 4-year-old EI System laptop that I'm trying to upgrade to XP
>Service
> Pack 2 because I've never needed to connect it to the internet. It failed
> to
> download and install the upgrade because it couldn't find a specific file
> =
> ssstars.scr. Because of this I cancelled the download and it went through
> several minutes of putting things back in place (I suppose). When the
> laptop
> went to restart it just kept looping through the first 2 initial steps. I
> can't even get it to start in Safe Mode or any of the other modes listed
> when
> you press the F8 key.
>
> Have I lost everything or is there a way to get it to start without
> resorting to using the System Recovery disk?
> --
> SJM