Driver Intergration Into Windows XP

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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.
 
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 said:
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.
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How to slipstream sp2 into XP
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html
- AutoStreamer
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-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/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Slipstream RAID/SATA controller drivers -
http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/SESSID=8b0c51fd6eca712e465d2e6f79256fc8/

Malke
 
Ben said:
1. What is the best way to intergrate Drivers into windows XP Professional
SP2
Click to expand...

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.
Click to expand...

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.
Click to expand...

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


¹ http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww/usr/share/man/man1/dd.1.gz?type=man
² http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(software)
 
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