Moving Service Pack Files to a CD?

[Pegleg]

Someone said this can be done but I didn't understand how he said to do
it...if the SPFiles are removed from C;\winnt\ServicePackFiles and
placed on a cd what then needs to be done in the registry to point to a
separate cd so they can be found when needed?

TIA


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[WTC]

Someone said this can be done but I didn't understand how he said to do
it...if the SPFiles are removed from C;\winnt\ServicePackFiles and
placed on a cd what then needs to be done in the registry to point to a
separate cd so they can be found when needed?

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
Name: ServicePackSourcePath
Double-click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter the path to the
"ServicePackFiles" folder on the CD.

If the CD drive is E: and the "ServicePackFiles" folder and the /contents/
of this folder is copied to the root directory of the CD, you would enter
the path as "e:\ServicePackFiles" without the quotes. The CD must have
"e:\ServicePackFiles" with the entire content of the ServicePackFiles for
the System File Checker to function correctly.

Example:

1. Copy "c:\winnt\servicepackfiles" contents to "e:\servicepackfiles".
2. Open the registry as navigate to:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]

3. Double click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter "e:\ServicePackFiles"
4. Click OK.
5. Exit the Registry.

 

[Pegleg]

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
Name: ServicePackSourcePath
Double-click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter the path to the
"ServicePackFiles" folder on the CD.

If the CD drive is E: and the "ServicePackFiles" folder and the /contents/
of this folder is copied to the root directory of the CD, you would enter
the path as "e:\ServicePackFiles" without the quotes. The CD must have
"e:\ServicePackFiles" with the entire content of the ServicePackFiles for
the System File Checker to function correctly.

Example:

1. Copy "c:\winnt\servicepackfiles" contents to "e:\servicepackfiles".
2. Open the registry as navigate to:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]

3. Double click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter "e:\ServicePackFiles"
4. Click OK.
5. Exit the Registry.

Thanks so much for your help!


U.S. Navy Retired
Support Our Troops,
Question The Policy!

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Sir Winston Churchill

 

[WTC]

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
Name: ServicePackSourcePath
Double-click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter the path to the
"ServicePackFiles" folder on the CD.

If the CD drive is E: and the "ServicePackFiles" folder and the /contents/
of this folder is copied to the root directory of the CD, you would enter
the path as "e:\ServicePackFiles" without the quotes. The CD must have
"e:\ServicePackFiles" with the entire content of the ServicePackFiles for
the System File Checker to function correctly.

Example:

1. Copy "c:\winnt\servicepackfiles" contents to "e:\servicepackfiles".
2. Open the registry as navigate to:
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]

3. Double click "ServicePackSourcePath" and enter "e:\ServicePackFiles"
4. Click OK.
5. Exit the Registry.

Thanks so much for your help!

You're welcome Pegleg.