Installing XP and need service pack 1 (SP1) disk

Hi PA Bear, Many thanks for your many answers. I looked at every link and see that you say that the XP SP2 ISO is no longer available.

I can not get XP to install at all so downloading a .exe will not be of any value at this point of the install. This is why I need the XP SP2 disc or the ISO file.

I could not find any link to order the XP SP2 disc.

Unfortunately XP SP3 disk does not have all of the XP SP2 info. And hence XP SP2 is required before the XP SP3 service pack can be installed. And the XP SP3 disc does not have the "asms" file required to install XP.

Once the XP install sees that the "asms" file is not available, it aborts the download if you do not provide a CD with that file on it.

How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched (after a clean install)

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c 

You can download the installer (EXE) for SP2 here (ignore the "DO NOT CLICK DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE UPDATING JUST ONE COMPUTER" blurb): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A 

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File

[You CANNOT use the WinXP SP3 ISO if WinXP SP1 isn't installed, despite what System Requirements section sez; the WinXP SP2 ISO is no longer available]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e

Also see...

4 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online

http://www.microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx 

WinXP SP3 (and SP2) - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx 

Note: Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 13 July 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP SP2 "will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update" until SP3 has been installed.  Extended Support for WinXP SP3 will continue through 08 April 2014.

    • What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported?

       http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/what-does-end-of-support-mean

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft

Google sez...

"The file 'Asms' on Windows XP Professional CD-ROM is needed" error message when you install Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311755 

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft

XP (32 bit) is not installed yet as it is prompting to find file "asms" on the XP SP1 disk. I can not run any .exe files as there is no OS yet. This is why I need the XP SP1, XP SP1a, or XP SP2 service pack disks. Not sure why MS does at least provide the XP SP2 ISO file?

I can not get XP to install at all so downloading a .exe will not be of any value at this point of the install. This is why I need the XP SP2 disc or the ISO file.

If WinXP Gold isn't installed, you're not gonna be able to use any SP2 disk.

You'll find more appropriate support in this forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xpinstall/threads 

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft