Will SP2 Crash my machine?

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I'm sorry that you had a bad experience, but "The Answer" is
most certainly not yes for everyone. Hundreds of thousands
if not millions of people have installed SP2 without a
problem.

Leo

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Coulda, woulda, shoulda.....Was downloading photos from a card reader to Canon's photo download/viewing application to an external hard drive. Got XP error: "Server busy, click Switch to or Retry (buttons)" Buttons did not work, had to use Task manager to shut down. Then re-opened application - folder was still there but all files of photos currently being downloaded as well as previously downloaded photos were gone! Folder properties were 0 files, 0 bytes! How do I recover these files? Is it just the folder or all files that have been corrupted? They are not in the recycle bin and could not be found using searches. Thank you!

O.K. I have a Dell Dimension and had to do a clean re-install of my windows XP using the SP2 disk. I understand that if I have the SP2 disk, then I shouldn't need the SP1 disk (at least according an article I read on your site). It started as a system32 error, which I couldn't bypass. I had just run updated virus scans and performed a system update, so I don't think I had a bug. I ended up having to reinstall. Now, after I've done the reinstall, I can get NO applications...it doesn't recognize my printer, modem, nothing...and its stuck on a crappy resolution (680/16-bit) so it looks like I'm half-blind if you don't know any better. I've tried the troubleshooting solutions unsuccessfully, then informed that I need to be online, which I can't because its not recognizing any networks...I've even tried to download my server disk...doesn't recognize. So, is it fried? Could this be something that can be fixed by someone with better knowledge than me (which isn't difficult). I've got all the files off of the computer that I need, so there's nothing left to salvage in the hard drive.

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