OT: Hosed by Bill & SP2, Need a lil' help Options

[aircooledboy]

Calling all computer wizards (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

My good buddy called me today for some computer assistance. Usually I can answer the call, but this one is out of my league.

He attempted to download and install Service Pack 2, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) when it was "done" it gave him an error message that it didn't install properly, so he should do it again. System locks, so he tries to reboot, and it won't boot. He decided to use the system restore disk and cut his loses, but he gets a message saying the computer can't locate his hard drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

[campbellcj]

So far SP2 has been trouble for me. Blue Screen of Death crashes occurred on my laptop as well as one of my developer's big desktops, at login time when we used our own normal ID's. We could login as Administrator just fine. The only cure was to delete our Windows profiles and let XP recreate them (these are domain member machines.)

Then on my home machine SP2 refused to load. It churned for quite some time and then gave an "access denied" message and rolled itself back. At least that worked correctly!

These are all pretty current hardware running legal XP SP1 configs, up to date drivers, etc.

I will wait until the kinks get worked out before updating any other machines.