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Title: Can't install SP2???
Post by: crashwg on December 01, 2004, 01:08:35 pm
I formatted my computer about a week ago and now I can't seem to install SP2...  What's going on here?

The machine in question is an eMachine if that is of any importance.
Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: vader on December 01, 2004, 02:29:41 pm
Don't know if this will be of any help, but trying setting to the windows\system directory, not the 32 one....even though this is default.....sometimes those installation discs have issues

Tim
Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: crashwg on December 01, 2004, 02:49:43 pm
Ok, now I'm confused...  I just had this great idea to actually look where the file is supposed to be and guess what, it was there!

Stupid M$!
Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: crashwg on December 01, 2004, 03:04:25 pm
Ok, since the update was infact pointing in the right place and still couldn't find the file I figured I'd move the file and then try pointing the update to that right...

Well I cut and pasted atapi.sys to my desktop and ran it again and it hasn't asked for the file at all  ??? I hope it doesn't NEED that file for something?  It's just creating backups anyways and I don't plan on going back to SP1 so I don't think there will be any problems...  You?  Oh well.  :-\

Where does Windows store backup files anyways?  Maybe I can just dump the old one in there???
Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: DrewKaree on December 01, 2004, 03:17:17 pm
Run SFC and install those files.  'Course I dunno what OS it is, so SFC may be used differently, depending on whether Micro$haft wanted to make it easy.
Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: Trenchbroom on December 01, 2004, 08:00:39 pm
I had the exact same problem and I just skipped the file.  My SP2 install works fine.

Title: Re: Can't install SP2???
Post by: westell on December 02, 2004, 05:59:03 pm
Hi,

The error has to do with a virtual drive created by daemon tools  or alcohol.

If you have any probs just uninstall oyur virtual drive and sp2 then reinstall.

>westell