Slipstream XP using original setup

[Lee Shipman]

I have the original XP setup disk, which included no service packs. But I
also have the individual CDs of SP-1 & SP-2, along with a downloaded copy of
SP-3. My system is up-to-date with all the latest.

I'm planning a motherboard change soon and would like to slipstream to
reduce the repair time. Instructions I've seen regarding slipstreaming refer
to using the XP setup disk that already incorporates SP-2. Should I go thru
the slipstream process 3 times, making a bootable CD with each service pack,
and then using that last bootable CD for initializing the repair?

Thanks!..................Lee

 

[Alias]

I have the original XP setup disk, which included no service packs. But I
also have the individual CDs of SP-1 & SP-2, along with a downloaded copy of
SP-3. My system is up-to-date with all the latest.

I'm planning a motherboard change soon and would like to slipstream to
reduce the repair time. Instructions I've seen regarding slipstreaming refer
to using the XP setup disk that already incorporates SP-2. Should I go thru
the slipstream process 3 times, making a bootable CD with each service pack,
and then using that last bootable CD for initializing the repair?

Thanks!..................Lee

SP3 includes SP1 and SP2.

Alias

 

[Daave]

I have the original XP setup disk, which included no service packs.
But I also have the individual CDs of SP-1 & SP-2, along with a
downloaded copy of SP-3. My system is up-to-date with all the latest.

I'm planning a motherboard change soon and would like to slipstream to
reduce the repair time. Instructions I've seen regarding
slipstreaming refer to using the XP setup disk that already
incorporates SP-2. Should I go thru the slipstream process 3 times,
making a bootable CD with each service pack, and then using that last
bootable CD for initializing the repair?

According to the page below, the slipstream may be done *directly* from
XP Gold (no service pack) to SP3), however one has "to enter the product
key during the installation procedure rather than have the option to
defer entering it until after installation is complete."

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd_final.htm

So, there is no need to perform the process more than once.

 

[JS]

I've slipstreamed XP Gold with SP3 and it worked fine for me.

 

[Lee Shipman]

Thanks, y'all, for the info. I'm not looking forward to this whole repair
process, but it's gonna happen one of these days.

Cheers........Lee

 

[Twayne]

SP3 includes SP1 and SP2.

Alias

But ... it requires one or the other be installed before SP3 can be
installed.

 

[Big_Al]

Twayne said this on 1/8/2009 2:14 PM:

But ... it requires one or the other be installed before SP3 can be
installed.

I was going to say the same thing but I just checked as many places as I
have bookmarked in MS about SP3 and I can't find the actual written
directions that says that. I thought I read it too. The
requirements for SP3 just says is applies to HOME / PRO / SP1 / SP2.
And I take it that the HOME word means home (gold) and since they spell
out SP1 and SP2 it would have to mean the GOLD version.

Got a link?

 

[JS]

You're welcome.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

Thanks, y'all, for the info. I'm not looking forward to this whole repair
process, but it's gonna happen one of these days.

Cheers........Lee

 

[Daave]

I was going to say the same thing but I just checked as many places
as I have bookmarked in MS about SP3 and I can't find the actual
written directions that says that. I thought I read it too. The
requirements for SP3 just says is applies to HOME / PRO / SP1 / SP2.
And I take it that the HOME word means home (gold) and since they
spell out SP1 and SP2 it would have to mean the GOLD version.

Got a link?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507836.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389

Note the discrepancy with regard to SP1 and SP1a. FWIW, installing SP3
on a machine with SP1 should be fine.

Home does not mean gold; it just means XP Home (as opposed to XP Pro,
with no regard toward SP level).

SP3 can be applied to either XP Home or XP Pro as long as the SP level
is at least SP1 (or SP1a, depending on your source). SP3 *cannot* be
applied to "gold" (i.e., no service pack). However it is possible to
slipstream SP3 to gold:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd_final.htm