I'm trying to install Recovery Console as a boot option on Windows XP
Home Edition using the original XP disk I got with the system. Since
original istallation, the XP OS on my hard drive has been modified with
various patches and service packs.
When I Run: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get this Windows Setup error:
"Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer
is newer than the version on the CD."

Any ideas on options?

John Wentworth wrote:
> I'm trying to install Recovery Console as a boot option on Windows XP
> Home Edition using the original XP disk I got with the system. Since
> original istallation, the XP OS on my hard drive has been modified with
> various patches and service packs.
> When I Run: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get this Windows Setup error:
> "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer
> is newer than the version on the CD."
>
> Any ideas on options?


Problem solved. The solution is to create a slipstreamed version of
Windows XP containing SP2. Use nLite to create the new CD.

I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
service pack 2. This worked for me.

"John Wentworth" <jhwentworthspam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:joOdncXh6ZUPpEXcRVn-1A@comcast.com...
> I'm trying to install Recovery Console as a boot option on Windows XP
> Home Edition using the original XP disk I got with the system. Since
> original istallation, the XP OS on my hard drive has been modified with
> various patches and service packs.
> When I Run: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get this Windows Setup error:
> "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer
> is newer than the version on the CD."
>
> Any ideas on options?
>

I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
service pack 2. This worked for me.

"John Wentworth" <jhwentworthspam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:joOdncXh6ZUPpEXcRVn-1A@comcast.com...
> I'm trying to install Recovery Console as a boot option on Windows XP
> Home Edition using the original XP disk I got with the system. Since
> original istallation, the XP OS on my hard drive has been modified with
> various patches and service packs.
> When I Run: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get this Windows Setup error:
> "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer
> is newer than the version on the CD."
>
> Any ideas on options?
>

Randy Beck wrote:
> I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
> for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
> service pack 2. This worked for me.


If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must also
be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming" SP2
to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of the
SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
ubderstands ISO files.

Randy Beck wrote:
> I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
> for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
> service pack 2. This worked for me.


If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must also
be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming" SP2
to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of the
SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
ubderstands ISO files.

John Wentworth wrote:
> Randy Beck wrote:
> > I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again.
This worked
> > for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery
console with
> > service pack 2. This worked for me.
>
>
> If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must
also
> be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming"
SP2
> to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
> http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
> You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
> file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of
the
> SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
> ubderstands ISO files.

I did it manually as MS and nature intended. It's still easy to do.
It's 2 commands, each with one switch. The switches vary slightly
between sp1 and sp2 . But you can do /? and it tells you the
switches.
There is a good article on about.com
The process is
* copy your old CD into a directory on your HDD (perhaps just the i386
directory is fine), we will call this directory c:\thexpcd
* run that sp2 exe file with a switch (/x i think), to extract it to
another directory - call it blob
* go into the blob directory where you extracted the sp2 exe file, and
run update.exe with a switch so you can specify the directory - that is
- c:\thexpcd
(sp1 and sp2 use a different switch, but update /? will tell you)

Now your thexpcd is sp2, so burn it to a cd, and then go through the
whole job of making the cd bootable.
In actuality, making a bootable cd is more hassle to learn, than
anything else.

Infact, even if it's not bootable, the default settings in Nero will
cause many files containing a ~ not to be found. So all those blah~1
files will not turn up.

Whenever I burn a CD in Nero, I always go to that ISO tab and choose
the DOS character set. Otherwise the character set is so restricted,
that any hiphens or tildas turn into underscores. Also, all characters
in filenames are turned uppercase. To avoid *those* underscores, you
should set the character set to DOS. Infact, try dragging files or
folders with tildas or hiphens onto the Cd 'window' in nero (before
burning), and you will see the underscores appearing! Unless, you set
the character set to DOS (perhaps another setting works too, but not
the default!).







However, if you're willing to uninstall sp2 to fix the problem, then I
doubt you'd be interested in doing it manually or via a tool!!

John Wentworth wrote:
> Randy Beck wrote:
> > I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again.
This worked
> > for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery
console with
> > service pack 2. This worked for me.
>
>
> If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must
also
> be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming"
SP2
> to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
> http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
> You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
> file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of
the
> SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
> ubderstands ISO files.

I did it manually as MS and nature intended. It's still easy to do.
It's 2 commands, each with one switch. The switches vary slightly
between sp1 and sp2 . But you can do /? and it tells you the
switches.
There is a good article on about.com
The process is
* copy your old CD into a directory on your HDD (perhaps just the i386
directory is fine), we will call this directory c:\thexpcd
* run that sp2 exe file with a switch (/x i think), to extract it to
another directory - call it blob
* go into the blob directory where you extracted the sp2 exe file, and
run update.exe with a switch so you can specify the directory - that is
- c:\thexpcd
(sp1 and sp2 use a different switch, but update /? will tell you)

Now your thexpcd is sp2, so burn it to a cd, and then go through the
whole job of making the cd bootable.
In actuality, making a bootable cd is more hassle to learn, than
anything else.

Infact, even if it's not bootable, the default settings in Nero will
cause many files containing a ~ not to be found. So all those blah~1
files will not turn up.

Whenever I burn a CD in Nero, I always go to that ISO tab and choose
the DOS character set. Otherwise the character set is so restricted,
that any hiphens or tildas turn into underscores. Also, all characters
in filenames are turned uppercase. To avoid *those* underscores, you
should set the character set to DOS. Infact, try dragging files or
folders with tildas or hiphens onto the Cd 'window' in nero (before
burning), and you will see the underscores appearing! Unless, you set
the character set to DOS (perhaps another setting works too, but not
the default!).







However, if you're willing to uninstall sp2 to fix the problem, then I
doubt you'd be interested in doing it manually or via a tool!!

I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
service pack 2. This worked for me.

"John Wentworth" <jhwentworthspam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:joOdncXh6ZUPpEXcRVn-1A@comcast.com...
> I'm trying to install Recovery Console as a boot option on Windows XP
> Home Edition using the original XP disk I got with the system. Since
> original istallation, the XP OS on my hard drive has been modified with
> various patches and service packs.
> When I Run: D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons I get this Windows Setup error:
> "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer
> is newer than the version on the CD."
>
> Any ideas on options?
>

Randy Beck wrote:
> I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again. This worked
> for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery console with
> service pack 2. This worked for me.


If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must also
be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming" SP2
to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of the
SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
ubderstands ISO files.

John Wentworth wrote:
> Randy Beck wrote:
> > I encountered this also. Uninstall service pack 2 and try again.
This worked
> > for me. Haven't found any readings on how to install recovery
console with
> > service pack 2. This worked for me.
>
>
> If XP on your hard drive is at SP2, then the CD you are using must
also
> be at SP2. You need an XP SP2 CD, you can get one by "slipstreaming"
SP2
> to your original XP CD. I used a program called nLite at
> http://nuhi.msfn.org but there are other tools that will do the job.
> You tell nLite to integrate a service pack and build a bootable ISO
> file, then burn the file to a CD. You must have an XP CD, a copy of
the
> SP2 exe file from the MS site, a CD-RW, and a CD burner program that
> ubderstands ISO files.

I did it manually as MS and nature intended. It's still easy to do.
It's 2 commands, each with one switch. The switches vary slightly
between sp1 and sp2 . But you can do /? and it tells you the
switches.
There is a good article on about.com
The process is
* copy your old CD into a directory on your HDD (perhaps just the i386
directory is fine), we will call this directory c:\thexpcd
* run that sp2 exe file with a switch (/x i think), to extract it to
another directory - call it blob
* go into the blob directory where you extracted the sp2 exe file, and
run update.exe with a switch so you can specify the directory - that is
- c:\thexpcd
(sp1 and sp2 use a different switch, but update /? will tell you)

Now your thexpcd is sp2, so burn it to a cd, and then go through the
whole job of making the cd bootable.
In actuality, making a bootable cd is more hassle to learn, than
anything else.

Infact, even if it's not bootable, the default settings in Nero will
cause many files containing a ~ not to be found. So all those blah~1
files will not turn up.

Whenever I burn a CD in Nero, I always go to that ISO tab and choose
the DOS character set. Otherwise the character set is so restricted,
that any hiphens or tildas turn into underscores. Also, all characters
in filenames are turned uppercase. To avoid *those* underscores, you
should set the character set to DOS. Infact, try dragging files or
folders with tildas or hiphens onto the Cd 'window' in nero (before
burning), and you will see the underscores appearing! Unless, you set
the character set to DOS (perhaps another setting works too, but not
the default!).







However, if you're willing to uninstall sp2 to fix the problem, then I
doubt you'd be interested in doing it manually or via a tool!!