cant upgrade to SP2

Posted: 09-22-2006, 08:53 PM

David

Guest
Posts: n/a

Recently I upgraded to SP 2 and now windows won't boot properly, it gets so
far them I get the black screen with startup options?
Start up in Safe mode with networking works, the only way to boot normally
is to do a system restore that takes me back b4 SP2, any ideas?

I have downloaded/installed all device drivers, booted with nothing
external hooked up, disconnected the DSL, updated the MB bios, set the time
correctly, downloaded SP2 to a cd, etc, etc
Anybody, Anything?????

By the way I had to change my MB recently because 5 caps were leaking on the
old one. SP2 worked before the new MB. Old MB had nvidea chipset, new one
has ATI.

Thanks

Responses to "cant upgrade to SP2"

Jerry

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: cant upgrade to SP2

Posted: 09-22-2006, 09:38 PM

When you swapped motherboards - did you do a repair install and then install
the latest ATI drivers? If you did not - that could be the problem with
installing SP2 - video card/drivers are not correct with what is on the hard
drive.

"David" <hooter@sasktel.net> wrote in message
news:12h8fpkov0nuie3@corp.supernews.com...

> Recently I upgraded to SP 2 and now windows won't boot properly, it gets
> so
> far them I get the black screen with startup options?
> Start up in Safe mode with networking works, the only way to boot normally
> is to do a system restore that takes me back b4 SP2, any ideas?
>
> I have downloaded/installed all device drivers, booted with nothing
> external hooked up, disconnected the DSL, updated the MB bios, set the
> time
> correctly, downloaded SP2 to a cd, etc, etc
> Anybody, Anything?????
>
> By the way I had to change my MB recently because 5 caps were leaking on
> the
> old one. SP2 worked before the new MB. Old MB had nvidea chipset, new one
> has ATI.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

David

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: cant upgrade to SP2

Posted: 09-24-2006, 04:54 PM

Thanks for the help Jerry.
I did a repair install and the same thing happened, so I took an old 40 G
hard drive and swapped it with my original and did a clean install then
upgraded to SP2 - no problems.. So I guess I will go and buy a bigger hard
drive and do a clean install and reinstall all my programs,etc. I can't
think of another way to fix whatever it is on my original HD? Don't know if
there is such a thing as a registery rebuild that would work.

"David" <hooter@sasktel.net> wrote in message
news:12h8fpkov0nuie3@corp.supernews.com...

> Recently I upgraded to SP 2 and now windows won't boot properly, it gets

> far them I get the black screen with startup options?
> Start up in Safe mode with networking works, the only way to boot normally
> is to do a system restore that takes me back b4 SP2, any ideas?
>
> I have downloaded/installed all device drivers, booted with nothing
> external hooked up, disconnected the DSL, updated the MB bios, set the

time

> correctly, downloaded SP2 to a cd, etc, etc
> Anybody, Anything?????
>
> By the way I had to change my MB recently because 5 caps were leaking on

the

> old one. SP2 worked before the new MB. Old MB had nvidea chipset, new one
> has ATI.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

LinkBack

Thread Tools

Display Modes

« Newsgroup Links problem | Flash Drive Visible only in Computer Management »

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Vista upgrade problem - windows explorer upgrade	Steve S	Windows Vista Install & Setup	9	09-27-2006 11:43 AM
Windows Vista Upgrade Has Been Disabled -Upgrade Compliance Check	SB	Windows Vista Install & Setup	3	07-28-2006 06:39 PM
XP upgrade asks for msoffice data1.msc during upgrade	Dan	Windows XP Setup	1	10-10-2003 06:59 PM
Problem with MSN Messenger Upgrade message coming up after upgrade	Robert H. Wiley	Windows XP Messenger	4	09-05-2003 10:29 PM
Is there an upgrade software can upgrade my XP home version to Professional ?	eyun	Windows XP Setup	3	07-28-2003 04:41 PM

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90