Slipstream failure Windows XP Volume License SP2

[Woody]

Hello,

I'm having problems getting a Windows XP Pro (Volume License) slipstreamed
CD with SP2 to work. It loads all install files and when the machine
reboots it displays the error "NTFS.SYS file not found or corrupted" and
won't let the installation proceed. The slipstreamed CD with SP1 works as
it should and I have no problems installing SP2 separately afterwards, but
this additional step is a waste of time. I'm not sure if I'm doing
something wrong or SP2 integration is deleting or corrupting the files from
my Volume Licensing media. Is there a way to confirm all the necessary
files are on the slipstreamed CD by using MD5SUM or a listing of files I
should have on the final CD to confirm everything is as it should be? If
so, where can I download the list? I'm confident the problem doesn't
revolve around the CD ISO creation or burning. Thanks in advance.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm having problems getting a Windows XP Pro (Volume License)
slipstreamed CD with SP2 to work. It loads all install files and
when the machine reboots it displays the error "NTFS.SYS file not
found or corrupted" and won't let the installation proceed. The
slipstreamed CD with SP1 works as it should and I have no problems
installing SP2 separately afterwards, but this additional step is a
waste of time. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or SP2
integration is deleting or corrupting the files from my Volume
Licensing media. Is there a way to confirm all the necessary files
are on the slipstreamed CD by using MD5SUM or a listing of files I
should have on the final CD to confirm everything is as it should be?
If so, where can I download the list? I'm confident the problem
doesn't revolve around the CD ISO creation or burning. Thanks in
advance.

Are you sure it is not something simple? So many things to miss.

Is your SP1 CD simply that? A plain SP1 CD - you haven't followed the
advice of http://unattended.msfn.org/ and added all sorts of later updates
to other INFs have you (You should, but you should also keep around a clean
copy of Windows XP.)


The command you are using to slipstream the data to your CD (After copying
your entire Windows XP SP1 CD to say.. C:\XPSP1 (so you have a
C:\XPSP1\i386\ and so on...) is this (or similar depending on the exact
directory..)

WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /integrate:C:\XPSP1


After it is slipstreamed and you are about to burn the CD.. What are you
using to burn? Ahead Nero? Roxio? CDImage to make a ISO? Something else?


What are you using for the boot image (to make the CD booable?) Something
you pulled off the old SP1 CD using Barts Boot Image Extractor (bbie)?
UltraISO? An old Boot Image file you used to burn your XP SP1 CDs?


Were you sure to change the Number of loaded sectors/Sector Count to 4
instead of 1 when burning with something like Nero or Roxio? Made sure you
are not doing any sort of Boot Emulation?

Perhaps you should look through the steps (no pictures, plain simple
language) in this post:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=103629

 

[Woody]

Are you sure it is not something simple? So many things to miss.

I've kept it as simple as possible so I don't really think I'm missing
anything, but anything is possible.

Is your SP1 CD simply that? A plain SP1 CD - you haven't followed the
advice of http://unattended.msfn.org/ and added all sorts of later updates
to other INFs have you (You should, but you should also keep around a
clean copy of Windows XP.)

It's an original Volume License CD (SP1). I have made slipstreamed CDs in
the past without problem. This one shouldn't be overly complicated since
I'm just integrating (trying) SP2 to it.

The command you are using to slipstream the data to your CD (After copying
your entire Windows XP SP1 CD to say.. C:\XPSP1 (so you have a
C:\XPSP1\i386\ and so on...) is this (or similar depending on the exact
directory..)
Yes.

WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /integrate:C:\XPSP1
Yes.

After it is slipstreamed and you are about to burn the CD.. What are you
using to burn? Ahead Nero? Roxio? CDImage to make a ISO? Something
else?

Nero, the same version as I used on all my other slipstreamed CDs.

What are you using for the boot image (to make the CD booable?) Something
you pulled off the old SP1 CD using Barts Boot Image Extractor (bbie)?
UltraISO? An old Boot Image file you used to burn your XP SP1 CDs?

I'm using the boot image from the original install CD. Also, I'm using
WinISO for creating the ISO. I have used this before and never had problems
with slipstreaming.

Were you sure to change the Number of loaded sectors/Sector Count to 4
instead of 1 when burning with something like Nero or Roxio? Made sure
you are not doing any sort of Boot Emulation?

Everything is as it should be. The CD boots fine and goes through the
process as normal. The problem occurs when the target machine reboots to
continue the installation is where I get the missing file error.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello Woody,
The fact that this is volume media should have no bearing on whether this
works or not. I have slipstreamed SP2 into RTM and SP1 slipstreamed media
and had no problems installing.
The question I have is about the SP1 media that you have.
I am wondering if NTFS.sys was updated on that CD, meaning that it was
newer than the version that ships with SP1. If that was the case, the
possiblity exists that SP2 didn't update it.
Expand NTFS.SY_ from the SP1 CD. Compare it to the NTFS.SY_ expanded from
the slipstreamed SP2 cd.
Then compare it to the one from the SP2, extracted out, not from the
slipstream?
If you have a copy of SP1, also try to extract out NTFS.SY_ from that flat(
not slipstreamed just from the service pack, and see if that it compares.
Do they match?
I am wondering if a newer version of NTFS.sys was integrated into your SP1
slipstreamed media at some point and then wasn't replaced when SP2 was
integrated into the that media. If the versioning was different than SP1
or RTM's version of NTFS.SYS, that could be a possibility.
If that is the case, was the SP1 slipstreamed media volume created by you?
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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[Woody]

Thanks to all who helped. I narrowed it down to an intermittent problem
with my burner. I replaced it with a new one and all is well. Thanks again
everyone.