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XP SP3 won't install

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Sundance2007

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I am running Win. XP with SP2 via Bootcamp on my Macbook. Haven't had any real problems except it downloads SP3 and tells me it's ready to install. I click the yellow shield and tell it to install and after a short time of it seeming to installing the SP I get an error saying the install has failed. The error says something to the effect I need x MB of space to install the SP but there is only 4 MB available. There is over 20+ GB of space free on the Win partition.


Does anyone know what is going on here and how to get it past this and to install SP3?


Thanks,

Steve

P.S. Also should I maybe defrag. the Win partition? Does one need to defrag. the Mac partition(not relationg to this problem, just as a general housekeeping task)
 
This is a known issue. I don't recall the fix off the top of my head, but a Google search will return plenty of hits on the workaround.
 
You if you download and install the newest version of Bootcamp through Apple Update on windows and SP3 will install.
 
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