I recently replaced a hard drive on a Pentium 4 Gateway computer. Everything was great up until SP2. Once the update was finished the machine stalled on reboot. It shows a screen much like SAFE mode. None of the options but safe mode would boot. Once in safe mode, I restored and everything was fine. I understand that there is a problem with BIOS in some processors. Can anyone tell me if they have had and or solved this issue. Thanks in advance for your help
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Installed a new hard drive Windows XP, updated to SP2 and machine won'
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System Restore (I assume you mean that?) would have removed your SP2 Update. If Bill's links offer you hope of a second try with SP2 you may like to consider slipstreaming the ServicePack with your current XP CD to produce a new XP SP2 CD.
You could even take it a step further and slipstream all the current Windows Updates into a new XP SP2 CD.
Slipstream Service Packs
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RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack 2.1.0
You could even take it a step further and slipstream all the current Windows Updates into a new XP SP2 CD.
Slipstream Service Packs
thread779-900263
RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack 2.1.0
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