Slipstream Dell XP OEM CD SP2

[Guest]

My computer locks up, freezes. I think I want to 'repair' XP home. I see
references to slipstreaming the Windows XP home CD that came with my computer
with the SP2 CD I now have.
I believe extra items are on the Dell Cd that have to be removed before
starting.
Does anyone know the steps required?
Can the 'repair' be done without slipstreaming?
Thank you
Stan

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There are no "extra items" found in a
Dell Reinstallation CD.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My computer locks up, freezes. I think I want to 'repair' XP home. I see
| references to slipstreaming the Windows XP home CD that came with my computer
| with the SP2 CD I now have.
| I believe extra items are on the Dell Cd that have to be removed before
| starting.
| Does anyone know the steps required?
| Can the 'repair' be done without slipstreaming?
| Thank you
| Stan
| --
| StanStan

 

[Rich Barry]

Stan, lockups and freezes can be hardware related. Go to this site and
scroll down to Troubleshooting Computer lockups.
http://www.wxpnews.com/index.cfm?id=107

Still create a slipstreamed WinXP + SP2 CD.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

 

[Louis Rost]

If you have a Dell Reinstallation CD for Windows XP Home that
includes SP1a (Dell P/N R2490), you do need to delete some "extra
items". Go to the following URL for details.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_svcpacks&message.id=283

Lou

 

[Guest]

In theeldergeek.com I got to c:\XP-SP2\i386\update\update.exe -s:c:\xp which
when executed said there were errors: that some or all the files failed to
copy.

files are in c:\XP-SP2\i386 as above.

I am not sure what this command really does or why it failed.

Thanks

Stan

 

[Guest]

My Dell Reinstallation CD is without SP1 or SP2

Stan

 

[kurttrail]

My computer locks up, freezes. I think I want to 'repair' XP home.
I see references to slipstreaming the Windows XP home CD that came
with my computer with the SP2 CD I now have.
I believe extra items are on the Dell Cd that have to be removed
before starting.
Does anyone know the steps required?
Can the 'repair' be done without slipstreaming?
Thank you
Stan

Just be aware that slipstreaming will screw up the BIOS-Lock mechanism
for PA, and you will be forced to call up MS and explain why you need to
activation you copy of XP from one of the top twenty OEMs.

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Kurt
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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Malke]

Just be aware that slipstreaming will screw up the BIOS-Lock mechanism
for PA, and you will be forced to call up MS and explain why you need
to activation you copy of XP from one of the top twenty OEMs.

This is not true if StanStan uses his Dell CD to create an XP SP2
slipstreamed disk. I've done it successfully for clients' machines many
times. StanStan, a very easy way to make the slipstreamed CD is with
AutoStreamer.

how to use AutoStreamer
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

It will only take a few minutes.

Malke

 

[Louis Rost]

The instructions I used were specific to SP1a. There is a lot of
discussion about slipstreaming on the Dell forum. I found quite a
bit of discussion but nothing conclusive relative to any other SP or
hotfixes.

I initially slipstream SP2 using my SP1a Dell operating disc and it
did not work. Once I deleted files as instructed on the web page I
mentioned previously, it worked. If you cannot find anthing
conclusive on the Dell forum, you might email Dell and see if you get
any response.

Lou

 

[kurttrail]

This is not true if StanStan uses his Dell CD to create an XP SP2
slipstreamed disk. I've done it successfully for clients' machines
many times. StanStan, a very easy way to make the slipstreamed CD is
with AutoStreamer.

how to use AutoStreamer
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

It will only take a few minutes.

Malke

I've done it too, and and then was required to phone activate, when
clean installing off of that new slipstreamed CD.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Malke]

I've done it too, and and then was required to phone activate, when
clean installing off of that new slipstreamed CD.

Naturally if anything were to go wrong with activation it would go wrong
for *you*, Kurt. ;-)

Malke

 

[Paul Knudsen]

There are no "extra items" found in a
Dell Reinstallation CD.

If you are talking about the Windows CD, then you are mistaken. It
contains drivers for the hardware which came with the computer.