Slipstream question.

um i donno about any of ure questions but i used this site to slipstream my Dell Home XP cd to SP2 i used Nero Trial Software its good for 30 days and itll let burn the img file even in the demo.

http://vbdotnet.home.comcast.net/XP_SP2.htm

thas the site that has the walkthrough check it out

With no possibility of buying Nero I don't think it's cricket. I'll get it done somehow. Thanks.

I have also burned a slipstream CD with EasyCD Creator 5 Platinum. The (tomshardware.com) instructions in the link say you can also use Roxio, but it only list the steps for Nero.  It's not difficult to figure it out for Roxio - it's just that Roxio does it a ilttle different than Nero.

I used Autostreamer

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=9ac2c85046e3c4ae375f5937d5d270ca&showtopic=223562

for my Dell OEM XP SP1 cd and SP2.

Of course you do need to burn the iso image to disk (and choose bootable CD). I used Roxio EasyCD basic that came with my Dell.

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@JRosenfeld wrote:

I used Autostreamer

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=9ac2c85046e3c4ae375f5937d5d270ca&showtopic=223562

for my Dell OEM XP SP1 cd and SP2.

Of course you do need to burn the iso image to disk (and choose bootable CD). I used Roxio EasyCD basic that came with my Dell.

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I also originally used Autostreamer for the Dell OEM XP Pro SP1 Reinstallation CD that came with my XPS. It created an .iso file that I burned to a CD-RW. I used it to reformat and reinstall XP (with SP2) on my XPS. When I right-clicked on 'My Computer' and then select Properties it showed version Service Pack 1. I ended up using the manual creation method - and it worked flawlessly.

Idyot,

Did you use the latest version of Autostreamer (1.0.0.30). I think that issue was resolved (in fact I think it was fixed in 1.0.0.29)..

It is the version now available from the Neowin site

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

Simpswr,

There are known problems with some versions of Dell OEM XP SP1 that also included  some hot fixes that were added but not slipstreamed. Instructions for how to overcome that have been posted. (remove svpack, svpack.ini, replace svpack.in_ with a copy from another XP CD without the hotfixes, though this last is not essential). See

http://vbdotnet.home.comcast.net/XP_SP2.htm

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@JRosenfeld wrote:

Idyot,

Did you use the latest version of Autostreamer (1.0.0.30). I think that issue was resolved (in fact I think it was fixed in 1.0.0.29)..

It is the version now available from the Neowin site

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

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I had used 1.0.0.29 - it did not work with my Dell CD. I did some research on the manual method and used it instead. The manual method is easy enough to use.

With Autostreamer, a programming mistake may go undetected. It may not be very likely - but I like the fact that I can see all the steps in the process. I no longer have a need for Autostreamer.

Thanks . . I'll try it again. . . wrs