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Desert Rider
I've just created a slipstreamed installation CD of my original OEM
Dell XP SP1 and the network installation of SP2. I used Autostreamer
and the process seemed to go fine. It created an ISO file of about 550
MB. I then burned that to a CD making sure it was a bootable disk.
This is the first time I've done this and I'm not sure what the
process would be if I wanted to re-install XP. I assume I would insert
the CD and then reboot the system. How does the installation process
start from the ISO file? Is this automatic -- the necessary
installation files are extracted from the ISO file and the
installation proceeds from there?
I will also be burning a CD of the extracted SP2 files. Does this CD
have to also be a bootable disk? My thinking is that if the
slipstreamed CD did not work I could always format the partition,
install the OEM XP SP1 and then update to XP SP2 from the 2nd CD. Of
course, I would have to then re-install the latest drivers, Windows
updates, programs, data, etc. but I've got all that backed up on an
external hard drive and I know how to do that.
I would appreciate any input on this. I have done a couple of format/
clean installs of XP before but obviously it's a long process having
to use an XP SP1 CD, then updating to XP SP2 via Windows Update.
TIA.
Dell XP SP1 and the network installation of SP2. I used Autostreamer
and the process seemed to go fine. It created an ISO file of about 550
MB. I then burned that to a CD making sure it was a bootable disk.
This is the first time I've done this and I'm not sure what the
process would be if I wanted to re-install XP. I assume I would insert
the CD and then reboot the system. How does the installation process
start from the ISO file? Is this automatic -- the necessary
installation files are extracted from the ISO file and the
installation proceeds from there?
I will also be burning a CD of the extracted SP2 files. Does this CD
have to also be a bootable disk? My thinking is that if the
slipstreamed CD did not work I could always format the partition,
install the OEM XP SP1 and then update to XP SP2 from the 2nd CD. Of
course, I would have to then re-install the latest drivers, Windows
updates, programs, data, etc. but I've got all that backed up on an
external hard drive and I know how to do that.
I would appreciate any input on this. I have done a couple of format/
clean installs of XP before but obviously it's a long process having
to use an XP SP1 CD, then updating to XP SP2 via Windows Update.
TIA.