Holy Smokes! "not hard at all" you said. My first scan of the tutorial looked like I could do it but as I studied it in depth I kept thinking "This is just too difficult". I am not sure whether or not I can be disabused of that conclusion. First question I had was, "what about SP2?" but when I looked closer at my gold XP Pro disk it said includes Service Pack 2. When I got to "Download and Save XP Service Pack3" I wondered if I already have it on my system, do I need to do that? Then it says save it at the top level of Drive C. Do I save it to C Drive and then drag it to the top? I am totally lost at the step 2. Extract or Download the Boot Sector of the XP Setup Disk. I don't understand either paragraph in step 2. I have to tell you G, your tutorials are so much easier to follow. I will read it through again just because you told me to but I don't anticipate getting any smarter! Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:06 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System has recovered from a serious error > Today must be my lucky day. The very first tutorial I found for this > appears very complete to me. > > Have a couple of slow reads of the page below. The second and fourth (or > is > it fifth?) read should help answer some of the questions I know this will > produce. Once you feel you understand it as well as you can, post any > remaining questions you might have. > > http://www.howtohaven.com/system/slipstream-xp-service-pack-3.shtml > > Peace, > Gman > > http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php > > "The entire future of humankind is yet to be written" > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > OR > To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to > pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To > unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject. > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.71/2331 - Release Date: 08/28/09 06:26:00 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------