Before installing SP-2, fix the current problems.
Try a Repair Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
Make sure all is working correctly before installing SP-2
Also check with Toshiba about SP-2 compatibility for the laptop.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Flipper699" <> wrote in message
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> While installing SP2 a couple of weeks ago my Toshiba Laptop "froze
> up
> tighter than a well diggers ass". I left it alone for about 2 hours
> before
> unplugging it. When I rebooted i got an error message saying that it
> was only
> partially installed and Windows was left in a unstable state, and I
> should
> un-install SP2. When I went to the un-install SP2 the message that
> basically
> nothing on my system would work, I elected not to un-install. A
> couple of
> days later i did "restore " my system to pre-SP2. There arent many
> glarring
> errors but It locks up all the time with Movie maker 2, and pinnacle
> 9,
> Photoshop CS is corrupted. My hard drive is Incredibly fragmented,
> (I run
> Diskkeeper 8 reguraly) if i go to the update page I get the
> "searching for
> current software " then it hangs. SP2 installed without a hitch on
> my desktop
> cpu. Which i have had numerous problems with since I built it in
> March. Now
> it works like the Bad ass machine it was meant to be. How do I
> install SP2 on
> my Toshiba Laptop? (model p15-S409)
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