The ideologies are quite different: Slipstream Description: create a perfect XP installation, scripting everything. Pros: 100% compatiblity Cons: Time consuming, difficult, gets out of date quickly, maintenance is hard Generic image: Description: get your system how you want it, then image it without the HW specific stuff. Cons: No clear way to do this, lack of info, possible hardware issues Pros: Much easier, no scripting needed, tweak exactly how you want it, easy to maintain I am halfway through a nice slipstream CD and has taken days of of research etc, when I though, surely there must be an easy way to make a generic image? Surely imaging is the superior approach? I did some research and came up with these usefull links. http://www.rtpnet.org/tech/tips/ghost.txt http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/ot...board/win2k.htm I mean I cant believe you just can do the following: 1. Copy all drivers onto c: 2. Create generic hardware profile 3. Create image Anyone tried something like this?