Hobgoblin
13th Aug 2006, 19:24
After hardly ever having any problems with my laptop I find myself in the position where the damn thing won't burn CDs. No amount of System Restore attempts, swearing at the darn thing, inserting my original XP Home CD or glaring at it can solve the problem.
It seems I'm missing some files that need to be gotten from the original CD but because I have XP Service Pack 2 installed the thing won't allow me to use the Windows CD as my installation of Windows is more recent than what I have on the CD. Maddening:*
Does anyone have an idea of how to get past that so I can do a repair installation? I don't really want a complete reinstallation as I can't back up any of my work. Surely in the registry or somewhere there must be a key that tells the bl**dy thing what service pack is installed?
Any ideas?
It seems I'm missing some files that need to be gotten from the original CD but because I have XP Service Pack 2 installed the thing won't allow me to use the Windows CD as my installation of Windows is more recent than what I have on the CD. Maddening:*
Does anyone have an idea of how to get past that so I can do a repair installation? I don't really want a complete reinstallation as I can't back up any of my work. Surely in the registry or somewhere there must be a key that tells the bl**dy thing what service pack is installed?
Any ideas?