Slipstreaming w/Autostreamer SP2

[Ken A]

I have used Autostreamer to TRY to slipstream XP Pro retail. All goes well
until it tries to save the .iso file. It does look like it is saving it.
No matter what folder I try and save to the folder ends up empty. Nothing
saved there. I have attempted to do this, with no luck, many times. I have
even used Search to look for any .iso files. I do locate a shortcut to the
folder I attempted to save to but if tells me the path is wrong. I have
read in this group how OP have succeeded in this. I am doing something
wrong, but what. I have read the docs and followed them. I would
appreciate anyone's help.

Thanks for any help,

Ken A.

 

[Jerry]

There is a forum to ask for help:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89

 

[bumtracks]

Are you running it on and saving it to a winXP (or win2000) HDD folder with
plenty of free space ? Wont work on 98 or udder op sys.
You need lots of free space as it might unload winxp CD to your hdd along
with that 300mb sp2 before it mingles both into the save folder before it
cleans up and maybe defrag'd free space too for the image to save a
contiguous file.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

I follow my own instruction on my website and have never had a problem
creating a slipstream copy of xp>

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org

Click the Win XP Faq button and take a look at question 83

 

[Ken A]

Thank you Jerry,

Excuse the "Shouting" IT WORKED"!! I followed your link and found a link
for AutoStreamer (unzipped) and the dl'd it and installed it. It worked
like a charm!!! The original download was from "Geeks" which was zipped,
and it must have be bad or not complete.

Thanks again for your help.

Now have XP Pro slip streamed.

Ken A.

 

[Ken A]

John Barnett,
Your site gives very full and complete instructions, which I had already
printed out. I think that I had a bad version of Slipstream. I want to all
that responded to my post and thank you all. The problem is now resolved.

Ken A.

 

[Ken A]

I am have plenty of free space on my HD. I was trying to slipstream XP Pro
(retail). I have found I just had a corrupted version of slipstream. Have
now resolved the problem.

Thank you for your response.

Ken A.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Glad you sorted the problem out, Ken

 

[bumtracks]

can we slipstream XP & SP2 & Update for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB884020)
all at once ? or perhaps the update into the slipstreamed XPw/SP2 CD

 

[Guest]

Ken,

Hello. Read your post about autostreamer and your success with it after a
few initial problems.

Wonder if you can spare me a few minutes.
I too have used autostreamer to slip stream an OEM XP pro sp1 CD with the a
downloaded XP sp2 file. Run autostreamer to create the integrated file. The
outcome was a file with an .iso extension. All looks hunky-dorry! However,
when I come to copy/burn the iso file onto a CD all I get is the .iso file
itself. When I come to click on it from the newly copied CD it just opens up
in Nero (the tool I used to copy the file). Now, I have requested help on the
fhis forum below but everything I have tried , as suggested, doesn't help me.
Even when I burn an image that gives me a .nrg file and then when copied to
the CD it again simply opens in Nero when clicked.

Does the autostreamer piece take ALL the files off the XP pro sp1 CD or does
one have to separately take the .img file off separately inorder to create a
bootable CD image? Or is it done automatically by autostreamer.

I am at my wits end. Any help would e very much appreciated.

I used Nero burning ROM 5.5 (a freebie I must admit) to copy the image onto
the CD.

I think my prob lies in the creation of the integrated file.

Many thanks.

Monsi

 

[Plato]

I used Nero burning ROM 5.5 (a freebie I must admit) to copy the image onto
the CD.

File | Burn Image

 

[Ed]

when I come to copy/burn the iso file onto a CD all I get is the .iso file

You seem to be trying to copy the ISO file to CD instead of burning a
CD "FROM" the ISO Image. You will need to use the option to burn an
Image on the CD. For example, in Nero Burning ROM 6.x, the "Recorder
-> Burn CD Image" is the one in question. Also, the following options
may or may not need to be adjust to:
Type of Image Data Mode 1
Block size (Bytes) 2048
Image header (Bytes) 0
Image trailer (Bytes) 0
Make sure 'Write', 'Finalize CD', and 'Disc-At-Once' are checked, then
choose Write


Hope this helps,
Ed