Repair Vista 32 OEM Home Premium OS That was Pre Installed

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kevsim

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My laptop is an ACER with Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 OEM installed, I do not have an original disk as it was pre installed on the computer when purchased.

I wish to upgrade to SP2, my questions are -
1/ Can I make an SP2 disk to do a repair install?
2/ If the disk can be made would it do an SFC (system file check) as SP2?
3/ Could I make up another set of Rescue Disks that would include SP2?
4/ Could the Repair Module installed on the computer be updated to SP2?

I am a little lost in this area not having an original disk (no slipstream disk) and would appreciate any advise before I upgrade to SP2.

kevsim
 

My Computer

System One

1/ Can I make an SP2 disk to do a repair install?

Yes. There is such a thing as Vista installation iso with sp2 already integrated. You might need to google for it.

Alternatively, you could fresh install vista with sp1, then use sysprep to create install media including sp2.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/230249-sliptream-vista-sp2.html

2/ If the disk can be made would it do an SFC (system file check) as SP2?

yes

3/ Could I make up another set of Rescue Disks that would include SP2?

You already made that in step 1 above.

4/ Could the Repair Module installed on the computer be updated to SP2?

In theory, yes, but it is fiddly. You won't need it if you have the installation media you made in step 1.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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