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So I did a stupid. . . .

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Kibbo86

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Recently, I decided to take a look at my add/remove windows components while drunk.

Misreading a double negative, (or maybe drunkenly inserting a double negative when it was mererly a single) I uninstalled a few things I didn't mean to, including the accessories and utilities option. This disabled a few non-windows apps I have on my harddrive that are language-dependant.

The reinstall proccess asked for a service pack 2 disk, which I did not have. I have a legal SP1 version (OEM) that I have upgraded to SP2. I tried inserting that disk, and it was rejected by the installer.

Fortunately, I have a homemade slipstream disk that has SP2 included. The installer accepted that disk just fine. Everything is back in working order.

My question is this: What would have happened to someone who did not have a slipstream disk? Would they have been SOL? Is Windows that poorly designed? Or is it just that the last time I reformatted I used the slipstreamed disk and so it was expecting more of the same?

That disk has a few nasty scratches on it, if that last factor is the case, I should likely re-burn it post-haste.

 
Don't quote me on this I haven't researched and my setup skills are getting rusty from being off the team.

If you installed with slipstreamed media it's kindof assumed that's what you'll used when prompted for i386 files. If you installed with slipstreamed but only have non-slipstreamed available yeah you'll be in a pickle.

If you installed with rtm but later service packed then you have a Windows\servicepackfiles folder left over from sp2 installation I belive.
 
The service pack files should be cached in %windir%\servicepackfiles.

If you didn't have the SP2 CD and the files weren't cached, you could have downloaded SP2, extracted the files to a temp folder, and told the Add/Remove programs installer to copy files from that temp folder.
 
Originally posted by: Kibbo86
Recently, I decided to take a look at my add/remove windows components while drunk.

Misreading a double negative, (or maybe drunkenly inserting a double negative when it was mererly a single) I uninstalled a few things I didn't mean to, including the accessories and utilities option. This disabled a few non-windows apps I have on my harddrive that are language-dependant.

The reinstall proccess asked for a service pack 2 disk, which I did not have. I have a legal SP1 version (OEM) that I have upgraded to SP2. I tried inserting that disk, and it was rejected by the installer.

Fortunately, I have a homemade slipstream disk that has SP2 included. The installer accepted that disk just fine. Everything is back in working order.

My question is this: What would have happened to someone who did not have a slipstream disk? Would they have been SOL? Is Windows that poorly designed? Or is it just that the last time I reformatted I used the slipstreamed disk and so it was expecting more of the same?

That disk has a few nasty scratches on it, if that last factor is the case, I should likely re-burn it post-haste.
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Well, they did not design it for drunks, that's for sure. I don't think there is any machine that was designed for drunks except for the breath analyzer. LOL. NogginBoink answered your question and you can always download a copy of the SP2 from MS.
 
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