Installing Windows Service Pack 3 without a Windows CD

I can't find my CDs from my computer - so it won't let me install Service
Pack 3 without them. Is this a problem for me? Will my CD run properly
without the Pack 3? What do I do about 'getting personal copies of my dell
window's package' from my purchase of my desktop CPU? Does anyone have a copy
that I can use if that is possible? AND Can I just download it from someone?
I am so stressed out with this. CAN ANYONE ANSWER ME?

"Charzone" <> wrote in message
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> I can't find my CDs from my computer - so it won't let me install Service
> Pack 3 without them. Is this a problem for me? Will my CD run properly
> without the Pack 3? What do I do about 'getting personal copies of my dell
> window's package' from my purchase of my desktop CPU? Does anyone have a
> copy
> that I can use if that is possible? AND Can I just download it from
> someone?
> I am so stressed out with this. CAN ANYONE ANSWER ME?

Are you sure you needed your Windows CD to install SP3? I have 3XP
computers here and I updated all to SP3 without needing the disk.
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Charzone wrote:
> I can't find my CDs from my computer - so it won't let me install
> Service Pack 3 without them. Is this a problem for me? Will my CD
> run properly without the Pack 3? What do I do about 'getting
> personal copies of my dell window's package' from my purchase of my
> desktop CPU? Does anyone have a copy that I can use if that is
> possible? AND Can I just download it from someone? I am so stressed
> out with this. CAN ANYONE ANSWER ME?

You should not need your original Windows XP installation media to install
Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.

Can you verify what (by KB######) you are actually attempting to install and
why you believe you need your original installation media?

Can you contact Dell and get a new set of installation CDs from them? (You
probably can - the question should be "Have you tried?")

Stressed out by installing a Service Pack you should have tried to install
over a year and a half ago? *grin* Not much to be stressed over there,
IMO.

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Shenan Stanley
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Charzone wrote:
>> I can't find my CDs from my computer - so it won't let me install
>> Service Pack 3 without them. Is this a problem for me? Will my CD
>> run properly without the Pack 3? What do I do about 'getting
>> personal copies of my dell window's package' from my purchase of my
>> desktop CPU? Does anyone have a copy that I can use if that is
>> possible? AND Can I just download it from someone? I am so stressed
>> out with this. CAN ANYONE ANSWER ME?
>
> You should not need your original Windows XP installation media to install
> Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.
>
> Can you verify what (by KB######) you are actually attempting to install and
> why you believe you need your original installation media?
>
> Can you contact Dell and get a new set of installation CDs from them? (You
> probably can - the question should be "Have you tried?")
>
> Stressed out by installing a Service Pack you should have tried to install
> over a year and a half ago? *grin* Not much to be stressed over there,
> IMO.
>
LOL