XP Pro SP2 Downloaded and disappeared

[Trebax]

Hi all,

Please can someone give me some advice here...

I recently tried to upgrade my XP pro with service pack 2. The windows update icon appeared in my system tray and i began to download. However, after the downloading finished my computer suffered a crash.

After rebooting my machine everything is working fine - however, I can't find the downloaded service pack 2? I have searched every directory but I can't find it??

Please can someone advise me as to where the downloaded file may be stored?

Thanks in advance.
Trebax

 

[erikhertzel]

Since your PC crashed after the download, you may have not gotten a fresh copy of SP2. I would not rely on it even if you did find it.

I would download a fresh copy of SP2 and give that a shot.

Regards.

Erik

 

[Trebax]

Good point - Thanks.

I was just curious as it is quite a large file and I didn't just want it sitting on my machine not being used - I'd rather delete it and retain the HD space. But I have no idea where it mught be?!

Also, will I have to go to the window update site and download it there or will it re-apear in my system tray like it did originally?

Thanks again.
Trebax

 

[erikhertzel]

Trebax

I would recommend using Windows Update to get it and make sure that it goes OK.

You could also get the entire download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

Best regards.

Erik

 

[linney]

It is a bit of a myth that the SP2 that you downloaded is one large file, it is in fact made up of many many individual files. That is why searching for it as a large file fails to find it.

How do I remove the SP2 installation file XP auto downloaded

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=907562

Where is the XP-SP2 downloaded file?
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