WinXP SP2 Downloaded but wont install

[Ste4en]

This thing has been downloading to my PC all weekend on my slow dial up connection. This morning it was complete and so I clicked the icon in my system my tray (bottom RH corner of screen) to begin the install. It stopped after a few minutes saying I did not have sufficnient memory in my C partition. I made some space and expected things to resume but nothing.
How can I get it to resume.

Thanks

 

[imported_Phil]

How much do you have free?

 

[Ste4en]

I have nearly 2GB free now. I should clarify when I say won't. Normally when there is something to install the icon appears in the system tray. It is not there so I can't click it to start the update.

Thanks

 

[Smilin]

You are probably going to hate this: I think you might need to start your install over.

 

[KF]

>How can I get it to resume.
Sorry I don't know. When update has gotten an error on me, that is the end of it in every case I recall. I don't even know how to get the update tray thingy to come back until it comes back on its own. Maybe that is what you want to know? Somebody ought to know that.

In the old days (before XP), I would search for a large, recent-date file in the IE cache when I lost a download, maybe having some bizzare, coded rename. Since the size of SP2 is over 250 M, it shouldn't be too hard to identify, if it is somewhere. (And it does have to be somewhere, doesn't it?) Maybe XP puts it in some other temporary folder, not the IE cache. Nowadays, I download the file itself directly with a resuming downloader (like the nice one at getright.com.) That way I know what is going on. ( I like that.) Besides being able to resume at a later date, or if the connection is lost, you can pause the download anytime you want, like when surfing gets too dang painfully slow. I have downloaded whole CD ISOs (650 M) over a period of several weeks.

 

[Ste4en]

I can find where it put the files, there does not appear to be anything (setup.exe or similar) to start the installl.

 

[theAnimal]

Try here:

Windows/SoftwareDistribution/Download/(SomethingOrOther)/update/update.exe

 

[Ste4en]

I went to Windows Update and searched for updates, It told me SP2 was available. I clicked download, it said it was done and started to install - probem solved.
thanks