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Michael 2006
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      12-08-2005
im trying to download the sp2 through the wndows update and it says that it
needs a 890 MB free in C:\ drive so i want to cahnge this to be on other
drive so i can instal it without a problem cause the others druves are kind
of empty

help
thanks
 
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Shenan Stanley
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      12-08-2005
Michael 2006 wrote:
> im trying to download the sp2 through the wndows update and it says
> that it needs a 890 MB free in C:\ drive so i want to cahnge this
> to be on other drive so i can instal it without a problem cause the
> others druves are kind of empty


It needs that not for just the download - but the install.
Download the "IT Version" of SP2 and save/extract it to another drive of
yours - run it in its extracted state and see if that helps - doubt it will
though.

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

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TaurArian [MS-MVP]
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      12-08-2005
Also you may be interested in this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837783
The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2

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> im trying to download the sp2 through the wndows update and it says that it
> needs a 890 MB free in C:\ drive so i want to cahnge this to be on other
> drive so i can instal it without a problem cause the others druves are kind
> of empty
>
> help
> thanks


 
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