Making an XP + SP2 install CD

[Tony]

I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
(256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy upgrade.
I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any way
I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.

Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
again as I have bought it once :)

[Jason Haynes]

Slipstream XP and SP2:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

"Tony" > wrote in message
...
>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
> (256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy
> upgrade.
> I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any
> way
> I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
> go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
> afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
> Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
> again as I have bought it once :)

[Tom Porterfield]

Tony wrote:

> I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
> (256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy upgrade.
> I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any way
> I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
> go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
> afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
> Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
> again as I have bought it once :)

There are a number of applications out there that can help you
slipstream your SP2 into an original XP CD. I have used nLite from
http://nuhi.msfn.org/ a number of times to do this, it works quite well.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

[Broomstick]

Hi Tony,

I find this link to be most informative.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp


"Tony" > wrote in message
...
>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
> (256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy
> upgrade.
> I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any
> way
> I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
> go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
> afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
> Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
> again as I have bought it once :)

[Malke]

Broomstick wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> I find this link to be most informative.
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
>
>
> "Tony" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate
>>installer
>> (256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy
>> upgrade.
>> I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is
>> any way
>> I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2
>> in one go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and
>> do XP2 afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs
>> I have.
>>
>> Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out
>> buying it again as I have bought it once :)

I haven't looked at the instructions on the above link, but here's
another one:

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

I just made slipstreamed XP Pro and Home disks following the directions
from the link above. It was dead simple and worked beautifully.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[MikeP]

I used AutoStreamer, available here:
http://mhtools.knoware.nl/raptor/autostreamer/AutoStreamer.zip
to create an ISO image of my original XP CD with SP2. It is fast and
simple.

Then I used DeepBurner to burn the ISO image to CD.
www.deepburner.com

Works great.

"Tony" > wrote in message
...
>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
> (256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy
> upgrade.
> I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any
> way
> I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
> go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
> afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
> Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
> again as I have bought it once :)

[Alex Nichol]

Tony wrote:

>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
>(256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy upgrade.
>I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any way
>I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
>go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
>afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
>Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
>again as I have bought it once :)

You can do - one way is at http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262

Whether it is worth it just for one use, compared with installing in the
regular way and immediately running SP2, is up to you - but it does help
if you should want to do a repair reinstall

--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)