On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:21:01 -0800, Drunkgoblin
<Drunkgoblin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I've had my Service Pack 1 Windows XP professional disc for a long time, and
> I've had to reinstall with it quite a few times.


Why? It should almost never be necessary.


> Every time I reinstall it
> takes forever to update, and with my newest hardware I almost wasn't able to
> get XP to run because it did not have service pack 2


If you are getting a message about an "older version," you are not
doing a clean reinstallation properly. When you do a clean
installation, it begins by formatting the drive, so it doesn't matter
what's installed there. Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the
BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this) and follow the
prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing partition by
pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).


> out of the box(conflict
> with some BIOS settings, had to put BIOS in safe mode).


??? There's no such thing as BIOS "Safe Mode." Safe mode is a mode
that Windows can run in. Exactly how did you do this?


> What I want to know,
> is will Microsoft exchange my service pack 1 XP disc for a service pack 2 XP
> disc?


Sorry, no, they won't. However you can make your own by slipstreaming
SP2 into your SP1 CD. Read here:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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