XP Home Gold to SP2 slipstreaming problem

[Guest]

When I tried to install the slipstreamed Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, I
got error messages saying unable to copy certain files (ex. hpt3xx.sy_,
utopia~1.wa_).
This might be because of the DOSNET.INF file which was not updated when I
performed the slipstream.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.wbeta.com/comments.php?shownews=1063&catid=2

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| When I tried to install the slipstreamed Windows XP Home Edition with SP2, I
| got error messages saying unable to copy certain files (ex. hpt3xx.sy_,
| utopia~1.wa_).
| This might be because of the DOSNET.INF file which was not updated when I
| performed the slipstream.
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| This is A SQUARE HOUSE. Please report any un-fairness to the proprietor

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Or directly: http://www.autopatcher.com/autostreamer.html

 

[news.microsoft.com]

If I am running out of space on my hard drive, does this combine all
hotfixes and service packs / patches into the OS? Is there any point to
doing a repair install of XP with one of these slipstreamed CDs? Or is the
space saving minimal even if this would work? I seem to have hundreds of
backup files on my C drive which I cant see myself ever wanting to use:
(The last time I tried to simply uninstall a hotfix and it told me it was
using one of those backup files to restore to a previous installation, it
irreparably damaged the computer and the PC cards have never worked again)

If so, the computer came with one of those lousy recovery CDs: Is there a
way of reading the serial number and product key in the registry so that I
can re-enter it after I have done a repair install (and replaced the
original with some other from another computer's CD from which presumably I
am not licensed to do an actual install?)

"http://www.autopatcher.com/autostreamer.html

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you are running out of room there is nothing here to help you.
Slipstreaming just does on a cd what the service pack download does for the
hard drive. Once installed it is all the same. If you need space archive a
lot of files or add another hard drive. I recommend an external usb2 drive.
They are under $100.

 

[news.microsoft.com]

I didnt want to bore veryone with this all over again when no one knew the
answer last time I asked (on the Compaq forum) but my problem isn't lack of
hard drive space: I have a 15 Gig hard drive but it has about 10 meg of bad
sectors: So I formatted the disc into a C drive which finished before the
bad sectors began and put all programs and data onto the D drive (I even
found a way of putting the IE temp files onto the D drive, and there used to
be a Norton way of moving whole programs onto other drives: I suppose they
discovered that it didnt work and deleted it from more recent versions of
their suite which seems to be the way they operate, once they have
established their reputation for giving a whole suite of utilities, every
later suite has progressively less programs on it) and hope for the best.

I then succesfully installed XP into the C drive and wanted to use Partition
Commander to enlarge the size fothe C drive into space occupied by the D
drive but the Armada M700 is the only computer I have of all the Desktops
and laptops I have access to which won't recognise the Partition Commander
boot disc as a bootable disc (it WILL accept everything else as a boot disc
if it is in any way bootable)

I also discovered (possibly wrongly, although I did try a few times with a 7
gig C drive) that I can't make a C drive which is much larger than 2 gig
without the XP installation trying to put vital files onto bad sectors and
the installation failing. Seems to be a problem no one thought of when
designing the XP install process. Though to be fair there isnt any real
reason why Microsoft would have wanted to bother testing installing XP onto
a drive with bad sectors: It's just that this is the only 2.5 inch HDD I
have got and I am not about to buy another one for a tertiary-use computer.

So I had kinda given up on Partition Commander and wanted to try using a 2
Gig C drive with as little on it as possible and I thought that
slipstreaming all patches might be the answer.

 

[Jim Macklin]

buy a new hard drive, that is larger and has no bad sectors
unmapped. $50-100


message |I didnt want to bore veryone with this all over again when
no one knew the
| answer last time I asked (on the Compaq forum) but my
problem isn't lack of
| hard drive space: I have a 15 Gig hard drive but it has
about 10 meg of bad
| sectors: So I formatted the disc into a C drive which
finished before the
| bad sectors began and put all programs and data onto the D
drive (I even
| found a way of putting the IE temp files onto the D drive,
and there used to
| be a Norton way of moving whole programs onto other
drives: I suppose they
| discovered that it didnt work and deleted it from more
recent versions of
| their suite which seems to be the way they operate, once
they have
| established their reputation for giving a whole suite of
utilities, every
| later suite has progressively less programs on it) and
hope for the best.
|
| I then succesfully installed XP into the C drive and
wanted to use Partition
| Commander to enlarge the size fothe C drive into space
occupied by the D
| drive but the Armada M700 is the only computer I have of
all the Desktops
| and laptops I have access to which won't recognise the
Partition Commander
| boot disc as a bootable disc (it WILL accept everything
else as a boot disc
| if it is in any way bootable)
|
| I also discovered (possibly wrongly, although I did try a
few times with a 7
| gig C drive) that I can't make a C drive which is much
larger than 2 gig
| without the XP installation trying to put vital files onto
bad sectors and
| the installation failing. Seems to be a problem no one
thought of when
| designing the XP install process. Though to be fair there
isnt any real
| reason why Microsoft would have wanted to bother testing
installing XP onto
| a drive with bad sectors: It's just that this is the only
2.5 inch HDD I
| have got and I am not about to buy another one for a
tertiary-use computer.
|
| So I had kinda given up on Partition Commander and wanted
to try using a 2
| Gig C drive with as little on it as possible and I thought
that
| slipstreaming all patches might be the answer.
|
|

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I agree. This drive is going to go south before the geese do this year.