Slipstreaming still do able?

[drb]

Need to create a new disk with SP3 incorporated in my original WinXP-Pro
disk because few times per year I have to reload windows on a new or cleaned
hard drive. The latest slipstream disk with SP3 does not work (missing or
unreadable files) so I have to go back to my original disk and then go
through the time consuming updates to bring it up to SP3.

I heard that Microsoft does not want anyone to do slipstreaming anymore so
maybe SP3 is rigged to prevent a workable new disk. Anyone know anything
about this or how to do a good slipstreamed disk?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Need to create a new disk with SP3 incorporated in my original WinXP-Pro
disk because few times per year I have to reload windows on a new or
cleaned hard drive. The latest slipstream disk with SP3 does not work
(missing or unreadable files) so I have to go back to my original disk and
then go through the time consuming updates to bring it up to SP3.

I heard that Microsoft does not want anyone to do slipstreaming anymore so
maybe SP3 is rigged to prevent a workable new disk. Anyone know anything
about this or how to do a good slipstreamed disk?

You heard wrong and did no searches on your own, methinks.

You can 'slipstream' (actually - the proper term is integrate) Service Pack
3 and the majority of updates into the Windows XP installation media quite
easily. I suggest you do it on a Windows XP machine, though. There are
some issues on other operating systems and certain instanaces that can give
the symptoms you are seeing.

Heck 0 with things like the Windows Update Downloader, nLite, AutoStream,
etc - anyone can do it with a minimal of muss/fuss. I still prefer the
"/integrate" command line switch and a few batch scripts myself - but... Not
really necessary.

Time consuming, though? If your original installation CD is SP1 or beyond -
then you just install SP3 and post-SP3 patches.

However - reading what you do - I might suggest you should start using disk
imaging instead of clean installations. Clean install once, make a disk
image, return to that state anytime in the future in a matter of minutes
instead hours with the same end result. You may have a few more updates to
do - but if you do those first and make a new image - then you have a new
base for the next time and fewer updates than you would if you did not make
a new base.

 

[Peter Foldes]

You can use the following Slipstreaming tool

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml