Slipstreaming SP3 using HD based ISO

[Ian D]

I still have the ISO image on hard drive from when I slipstreamed
SP2 with XP Pro gold to produce a bootable XP SP2 CD. I'm
wondering if I could use that HD based ISO image to merge with
SP3, using Autostreamer, to produce an XP SP3 ISO image.

It will be interesting to see if SP3 will be available free on CD.
MS has done that twice in 2004. In Feb 2004 they released a
Security Update CD that included SP1A and all subsequent
updates. That CD was widely distributed and available free
by mail, and at the checkouts at BestBuy, Staples, etc. It was
released to address a security concern. Then in the fall of
2004 the SP2 update CD was available free by mail.

ID

 

[smlunatick]

I still have the ISO image on hard drive from when I slipstreamed
SP2 with XP Pro gold to produce a bootable XP SP2 CD.  I'm
wondering if I could use that HD based ISO image to merge with
SP3, using Autostreamer, to produce an XP SP3 ISO image.

It will be interesting to see if SP3 will be available free on CD.
MS has done that twice in 2004.  In Feb 2004 they released a
Security Update CD that included SP1A and all subsequent
updates. That CD was widely distributed and available free
by mail, and at the checkouts at BestBuy, Staples, etc. It was
released to address a security concern. Then in the fall of
2004 the SP2 update CD was available free by mail.

ID

Not sure they will "send" ot the CD but you can download the ISO
already:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&displaylang=en

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes, use your .iso image if you have a virtual drive you can mount it on.
Otherwise, burn it to media and use the media as your source.

As for the cd, just download the standalone package and put it on a cd.