Reinstall xp

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Hi, I have been seeing a lot of mention of slipstreaming to sp2. I have a dell that is 3+ years old and never had to reinstall yet. Everything seems to work fine. My question is ,can't I reinstall in the future without slipsreaming my reinstallation disk that came with my computer? I have the reinstall disk (red) , with service pack 1, Drivers and utilities disk, Applications disk, and modem reinstall disk. I also have the service pack 2 disk that I used to install sp2 last year. When reading about how to slipstream I think it is beyond my comfort level and would like to know if I can just reinstall using what I have and doing a lot of updates afterwords.. Thank You     Dell Dimension 2350 ,2gig p4,768mb ram, 60gb hardrive, sp2,windows xp home,Spyware blaster,Norton av,zone alarm,adaware,spybot sd.

Denny Denham · Answer

HiGhLaNdEr48, Yes, you can reinstall XP without slipstreaming SP2 into the version of XP you received with the system. Install XP SP1, then the SP2 update, then drivers followed by applications.

dunedin · Answer

Hi :smileyhappy:

Yes indeed you can install using your original CD followed immediately by SP2, firewall, antivirus and then you should be safer to get all the Critical Updates since SP2.

If SP1 is on a separate CD you do not install it as SP2 includes it too.

There is no need to slipstream. The reason for slipstreaming is that it makes one CD out of two, it gives a smaller neater install, and it is much less bother. But you don`t need to do it at all.

dunedin · Answer

You are welcome.   Hope you don`t have to do it now :smileyhappy: :smileyhappy:

HiGhLaNdEr48 · Answer

Great, Thanks dunedin and Denny I was getting some conflicting info on this ,but coming from you guys I now have the correct answer I am sure. Again Thank you and keep up the good work.

robinhood42 · Answer

This is what gets me so confused. I don't understand why anyone has to make a Slipstreamed disk? Can someone tell me why? My 9100 came with Win XP Pro SP2. I also have the Dell WinXP Pro SP2. I have read that when a lot of people use the Dell SP2 disk to do a clean install, the computer will stop before the install is finished, usually when there is 34 or so minutes left. Can someone please explain this to me. They say that doing a clean install on a 9100 using Dells OS Win XP Pro SP2 is one of the hardest installs there is. Is this true? I have no idea how to make a slipstream disk. I only know what it is.

rj1127 · Answer

> I don't understand why anyone has to make a Slipstreamed disk?
> Can someone tell me why?

quick answer: you don't have to slipstream anything.
Slipstreaming creates a "new" installation CD with all updated system files "integrated" in the "new" installation CD. The slipstreamed CD contains XP OS with the most recent system files.

If you already have WinXP SP2 setup CD, there is nothing to integrate. Now.. if Microsoft releases XP SP3 (for example) to fix bugs found on previous versions of XP, you can slipstream your XP SP2 setup CD and SP3 to create a new setup CD with SP3 integrated in it.

> I have read that when a lot of people use the Dell SP2 disk to do
> a clean install, the computer will stop before the install is finished,

Ok but I bet that is a different issue.

> They say that doing a clean install on a 9100 using Dells OS Win XP Pro SP2
> is one of the hardest installs there is. Is this true?

I don't know because I don't install XP on Dell machines on daily basis.

> I have no idea how to make a slipstream disk. I only know what it is.

You don't have to know it. You're perfectly fine if you use whatever you have to install XP operating system then install all service packs and patches afterwards. I hope I explain it clear enough.

Btw, I have never slipstreamed anything because I'm too darn lazy to do it ;-) I just use what I have (XP Pro with SP1) to install the OS, restart it, then install SP2 and run auto update to get the latest patches.

Message Edited by rj1127 on 08-24-2005 07:28 PM

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Reinstall xp

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