Hi,

You cannot integrate drivers into OS without the OS detecting the hardware
first. You will have to use Ghost to create a image of your laptop after all
the drivers have been installed manually. and then reuse the image file in
case you need to reinstall the OS.
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M. Rajesh
www.winxpsolution.com.
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"Ben Ramsay" wrote:

> 1. What is the best way to intergrate Drivers into windows XP Professional
> SP2
>
> 2. What is the best freeware program to use for this process.
>
> I am sick of installing Windows XP and then installing the drivers required
> to run a Toshiba Laptop.
>
> Also, How can I create a recovery CD in case my installation becomes corupt.
>
>
>

1. What is the best way to intergrate Drivers into windows XP Professional
SP2

2. What is the best freeware program to use for this process.

I am sick of installing Windows XP and then installing the drivers required
to run a Toshiba Laptop.

Also, How can I create a recovery CD in case my installation becomes corupt.

Ben Ramsay wrote:

> 1. What is the best way to intergrate Drivers into windows XP
> Professional SP2
>
> 2. What is the best freeware program to use for this process.
>
> I am sick of installing Windows XP and then installing the drivers
> required to run a Toshiba Laptop.
>
> Also, How can I create a recovery CD in case my installation becomes
> corupt.

How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html
- AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsx...p2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Slipstreaming from a restore partition:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=295
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp

Slipstream RAID/SATA controller drivers -
http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattende...d2e6f79256fc8/

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

Thanks Guys, Keep up the good work

Ben Ramsay wrote:

> 1. What is the best way to intergrate Drivers into windows XP Professional
> SP2

Using the Add New Hardware wizard or the Setup program that came with the
drivers.

> 2. What is the best freeware program to use for this process.

The installer that came with the drivers.

> I am sick of installing Windows XP and then installing the drivers
> required to run a Toshiba Laptop.

Then you should make a clean install, get it patched and put your software
on it the way you like it, do a full defrag, then use dd(1)¹ on a Linux
live CD or Norton Ghost² to save an image of your install to another hard
drive before you start using your new install.

> Also, How can I create a recovery CD in case my installation becomes
> corupt.

Windows installations typically contain more data than is available on a CD.


¹ http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww/usr/sh....1.gz?type=man
² http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(software)