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    Just Installed XP x64, service pack 2 won't load

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by seoulless, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. seoulless

    seoulless Notebook Guru

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    I just installed windows XP x64 (on my m1530) using the guide presented in this thread:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=240623

    Unfortunately, the service pack 2 for XP x64 will not load. In the middle of installation I get a message saying:

    "Service Pack 2 Setup Error: The system cannot find the file specified"

    It doesn't tell me which file it is.

    Please let me know what I can do. I need to install this ASAP.
     
    seoulless, Aug 24, 2008
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  2. atbnet

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    Have you tried running the standalone service pack installer?
     
    atbnet, Aug 24, 2008
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    I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that.
     
    seoulless, Aug 24, 2008
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    Are you installing this from Windows Update or you can download these individually (standalone).
     
    atbnet, Aug 24, 2008
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    Im installing from window's update. Something probably screwed up when I was initially intalled XP x64 because I downloaded an ISO of the update, burnt it, and tried to install it and I got the same exact message.

    I did skip a few files that couldn't be found while x64 was installing, but im not sure if that is whats causing the problem.
     
    seoulless, Aug 24, 2008
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    XP Pro x64's latest service pack is SP2, correct? Service Pack 3 only came out for the x86 architectures?
     
    hankaaron57, Oct 30, 2008
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    Yeah, XP x64 just has two SPs right now.
     
    atbnet, Oct 30, 2008
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    Thanks a lot.
     
    hankaaron57, Oct 30, 2008
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