DatabaseBen

do you mean that when i done the xpsp slipstrem deal i now have xp
professional?
and i can not do a repair install with my xp home sp 1a disk?
thanks
larry
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Aspire X-Superalien 500W
Asus P4c800E Deluxe
Intel P-4 800 3.0G 1mb cache
Crucial 2x 512MB DDR400
2x WD 80GB Sata 150 7200rpm 8M
Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Audigy 2ZS
Windows XP , home



"DatabaseBen" wrote:

> do a windows system repair with
> the setup cd. select new install,
> point to the o.s. on the hd, and
> say yes to repair.
>
> try you winpro first if the
> slipstream actually works.
>
> if not, then try you home edition,
> if it actually will let you since winxp
> home may not be backwards compatiable.
>
> if nothing works, then you will
> need to borrow someones winxp
> pro and do the repair.
>
> after the pc is up and running,
> use something that will replace the
> cd key with the one for your pc.
>
> g.l...
>
>
> "larry" <larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8F2D5222-DA02-4AD6-8336-CA5680514A60@microsoft.com...
> >
> > -- i have been trying for months to run sfc /scannow on my pc.
> > well i have made myself a slipstreamed xpsp2 (using autostream)and copied
> > the I386 folder from cd to c:\WINDOWS\
> > ServicePackFiles folder. no matter what i set windows sourcepath ,
> > windowsNTSourcepath , ServicePackSourcePath ,
> > or ServicePackCachePath to it still asks for the cd (cd-rom drive is
> > working).
> > i have tried e:\ (cd-rom drive) on everything and c:\ (HDD) still no luck.
> > in my c:\WINDOWS\inf folder i got a " FP40 ext.inf file" that when i
> > open
> > its got "WK_CD_NAME=" Windows xp Professional cd_rom" and SP_CD_NAME =
> > "WINDOWS XP professional servicepack 2 cd" if i changed professional to
> > home
> > (which is what i got) would that help me to run my sfc /scannow?
> > would it hurt anything?
> >
> > thanks much
> > larry
> >
> >
> > Aspire X-Superalien 500W
> > Asus P4c800E Deluxe
> > Intel P-4 800 3.0G 1mb cache
> > Crucial 2x 512MB DDR400
> > 2x WD 80GB Sata 150 7200rpm 8M
> > Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
> > Audigy 2ZS
> > Windows XP , home
> >
>
>
>