have original WinXP CD, I want SP2

[pcfountain]

I have an OEM CD of Windows XP Home, the original version from when it first came out. Problem is, it now takes a couple hours of downloading, installing, and rebooting on Windows Update to get to a fully patched SP2 system. Is there a FREE (or very cheap) way to exchange it for a new CD so I don't have to go through that hassle when I reinstall Windows? (which will be soon because my motherboard needs to be replaced.)

 

[Phoenix86]

You can "add" SPs to the original disk using a process called slipstreaming. There is a tool, Autostreamer, that will create the CD using the original XP disk + the SP2 download.

 

[drdeutsch]

NLite will do the trick, too. Check out

http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/intro.htm

and it'll tell you how to copy the WinXP to your hard drive, get the SP2, slipstream it, etc...

drdeutsch

 

[Komataguri]

NLite will do the trick, too. Check out

http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/intro.htm

and it'll tell you how to copy the WinXP to your hard drive, get the SP2, slipstream it, etc...

drdeutsch

Autostreamer from Neowin does it all automatically damn near, easiest thing I ever did when I SP2 slipstreamed my pre-SP1 XP.

 

[djnes]

NLite will do the trick, too. Check out

http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/intro.htm

and it'll tell you how to copy the WinXP to your hard drive, get the SP2, slipstream it, etc...

drdeutsch

NLite is always overkill for this situation. Autostreamer is as easy as possible.

 

[Tiny]

Or if you don't want to go the DIY route...get it shipped to you on CD for free.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

 

[pcfountain]

I used the Autostreamer last night and it worked great! Very easy. Although the link Phoenix posted was old, here is the new link: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

And thanks Tiny for the M$ link ... however it looks like that is just SP2, not the full WinXP install CD with SP2.

 

[Phoenix86]

Whoops, at least you got it working.

 

[PaHick]

i think he posted that link so you could get the CD instead of downloading it over and over again. i myself had MS send me SP2 on CD so i have that with my original disk, just incase my Nlite CD gets scratched or corrupt somehow, i wont have to redownload SP2

 

[drdeutsch]

I'll look at Autostreamer, but I usually use NLite, because then I can integrate all the hotfixes, SP2, drivers, and everything else via an unattended CD, so it just installs on the fly and I don't have to touch a thing.

But, for just slipstreaming SP2, yeah, it's probably overkill, unless you only have an WinXP SP1 install disk and want to make a WinXP SP2 install disk.

drdeutsch