Slipstreaming service pack 2 with XP

[failsafe1]

I am getting ready to purchase a Macbook Pro tomorrow! I want to install Windows Xp on it for gaming. My question is regarding slipstreaming. My Windows XP disc does not have SP2 with it. Can I use another Intel Mac with XP on it via bootcamp to slipstream SP2 onto a bootable XP disc?

[balamw]

Yes. You could try nLite http://www.nliteos.com to aid with the process.

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[failsafe1]

Thanks. How would nLite help? It appears to be for the specific purpose of not installing certain components of Windows during a system install.

[balamw]

Thanks. How would nLite help? It appears to be for the specific purpose of not installing certain components of Windows during a system install.
Many pre-SP2 CDs (particularly SP1a OEM CDs) also include certain slipstreamed hotfixes, and the usual method doesn't work for them, but nLite apparently handles them too.

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[failsafe1]

Gotcha. I am new to the idea of slipstreaming in any form. Ah the simple joys of OS X.

[SiliconAddict]

The short answer to your original question is yes...with provisions. You need a burning client that can create bootable disks. Without that you are pretty much SOL.

Here are a couple guides:

http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Basicly what you are going to do is:

1. Copy all the files from your CD down to a dir on your hard drive.
2. Download SP2 from MS HERE (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en)
3. dump the XP2 files into the dir you downloaded to.
4. Run the XP2 installer with a switch. Its in the guide above.
5. Using an app like ISO buster extract the boot "image" from your original CD into a dir on your computer.
6. Using a burning util like Nero Burning ROM or Easy CD creator create a boot CD with the "image" you extracted, and burn the original upgraded files back onto a CD and you should be done.

Its not as complex as it sounds. Just follow the guide that I linked to above.


PS- Make sure you turn off the option in windows to hide hidden files, along with hide OS files before copying the files from the CD down.

[wmmk]

Yes. You could try nLite http://www.nliteos.com to aid with the process.

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hey balamw,
I just tried using nLite, and it wouldb't open. is there any software similar to this?
thanks

[balamw]

hey balamw,
I just tried using nLite, and it wouldb't open. is there any software similar to this?
thanks

I posted a suggestion to the other thread. I'm not that familiar with nlite myself, but was suggesting it since it seems to work well for others...

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[mcmadhatter]

you might want to go here (http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/)
It has a load of information on slipstreaming, and a selection of tools to do it, I have slipstreammed in all my third party drivers, ms office and all the other programs I install as essentials onto one DVD

[rogersmj]

nLite is fantastic. I used it to make an XP disc that not only had SP2 slipstreamed in, but also every update from SP2 until now (which is a LOT -- at least an hour's worth of downloading and installing from Windows update). Since I do a lot of XP installs, it saves a lot of time.