zexx

Nice one bledd cd seems to work fine in everyway! Great stuff. If I coudn't have created the disk I learnt that I could have done the following: Running SFC without a CD ROM If you run sfc /scannow and get prompted to insert a CD, there are a couple of changes you might need to make. Once these files are on your hard drive, you can simply make a few registry changes to point to those locations. Start Regedit Go to the follow locations and change the path to wherever you copied the source files. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\ServicePackSourcePath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath the last one might not be necessary HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SourcePath Having my own operating disk is much, much better for obvious reasons. Modest donation on the way. Best regards, zexx

Yes it does, you're right mikeh420 Can I strategically delete stuff to trim it down? Is there a list available of safe files to remove please? Since I am running a homemade system should I simply delete all the compaq folders? I seriously appreciate your comments by the way. ***************************************************************** Er, that idea seems to be easier said than done having just looked in all the folders Well, I am going to remain mute for now. Thank you! update: just discovered, "This is caused by the fact that my Windows XP CD contains updates that will be automatically installed when I run setup. This type of CD will usually be from larger OEM suppliers (like Dell, HP, or others). You cannot use this type of CD to create a slipstreamed SP2 install." I'm out, peace and thank you

Still have an iso file too large for a cd. Is my source disk at fault? It's a curse isn't it? As the source is my genuine installation disk should I shop around for a different xp pro disk altogether? Is there one I can legally download? All I want to achieve is an sfc /scannow like I used to but of late I get the "Please insert sp2 disk" which I do not have and am trying to create here... Are scannows that important?

the C:\xpcd is still 756mb?? will continue to create iso anyway.

The source disk is a compaq operating system cd. I386 folder is 423 mb and the only other large folder is the USWXP32P_ZX at 309 mb is this usual for an operating system cd? ok Bledd I'll give that a try now.

The folder with the copied xp pro files is 756mb...How come? I haven't done step 2 of extracting SP2 and yet the windows cd folder is 756mb! How did that happen?

Thanks for your response! The service pack is extracted from my desktop into the windows cd folder. So, I guess the answer is no. Isn't it? As I followed the instructions carefully that couldn't happen but I will try again this instant...back in 30 minutes.

First off I apologise if I have posted in the wrong place or haven't used the correct etiquette I have searched high and low and cannot find anyone anywhere who has this same issue. I have followed the Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide and now have an iso file about 870mb (I removed shadow copy only) too big to fit onto a cd. Do I then burn to a dvd or find some software to shrink it? 3 attempts all give me the exact same 870 mb iso. Please share some of your sage advice. Much obliged, zexx