roberta

Good Day John, They are original media as shipped by Dell with the individual PCs. I have now checked all my other original Dell Win XP & Vista Business media, & they all have Dell added hotfixes. Yes I've been able to get past the 'not finding HDD' problem thanks to the drivers u pointed me to (Please see further below)..... Yes, I have tried both, & both produce working ISOs. Yes, nLite leaves the integrated hotfixes in place & adds/slipstreams SP3. I agree with You, I'd rather say 'yes' to remove the original hotfixes. I have now successfully installed the resulting SP3 CD to the Vostro 1510...... ..Thanks to your Very Valuable Help & Assistance.... Have been Very lucky to date, But unfortunately the bushfires are still raging...... Thank You Very Much for your Greatly Appreciated concern & good wishes. Thank You Very VERY VERY Much for your Valuable Help & Assistance, Best wishes, Roberta

Greetings & Salutations John, As I've previously said, I always start with a fresh copy of the SP2 CD files & folders..... No other drivers at all. My current SP3 build now includes the SATA ones u pointed me to.... It's the Dell SP2 Reinstallation CD, which has an OEM folder..... Please see attached. Thank You Very Much, Best wishes, Roberta zz_Last_Session.ini

Hi JohnHC, I forgot to ask clarification on what I should answer to nLite's prompt: "Previous Hotfixes have been detected. You wont be able to Slipstream new Hotfixes without first removing the previous ones from the installation. Do you want nLite to remove the previous hotfixes to enable proper Slipstreaming?" <YES> <NO> Should I answer YES? What happens if I choose NO? Thank You Very Much, Best wishes, Roberta

Good Day JohnHC, I'll will look at the Dell site for the SATA drivers, as per your suggestion.... Thank You Very VERY Much, Best wishes, Roberta

Good Day JohnHC, Thank You Very Much for your Valuable response..... Yes both the Dim 8300 (for which the slipstreamed SP3 installs OK), & the Vostro 1510 have SATA HDDs So why does it work in one, & not the other? Btw, both the base SP2 CDs are identical, & install OK (verified with md5 checksums on each & every file & folder). How do I get & then integrate the correct SATA text mode drivers? Each PC has its own legal XP Pro licence from MS & Dell. The original XP SP2 CDs for both the Dim 8300 & Vostro 1510 are identical. Anyway, I have created an ISO for each PC from their original CDs. And I always start with a new copy of the SP2 CD's files for each nLite session to integrate only one SP3 CD. Thank You Very Much, Best wishes, Roberta

Good Day, Please, I Need your Valuable Help & Assistance.... I have a Dell Win XP Pro SP2 CD, & I want to slipstream SP3 onto it.... (1). Previous attempt I thought I had successfully done so back in May'08 (using nLite 1.4.5), as I was able to install the resulting SP3 to my Dell Dim 8300 desktops..... But when I tried to install the same Win XP SP3 CD to a new Dell Vostro 1510 Notebook, it enumerates the hardware OK, But then when it is going to start the actual installation of XP SP3 it cant find an HDD to install to, so I have to terminate the attempted installation..... Note that the SP2 CD from Dell that the SP3 is based on installs OK..... And the SP3 installs OK in the Dim 8300, But Not in the Vostro 1510.... Why is this so? Btw, the Vostro has no RAID or any other strange/exotic hardware.... (2). New attempt I have downloaded & installed nLite 1.4.9.1, & want to again slipstream SP3 onto the same Dell Win XP Pro SP2 CD, so as the install SP3 on the Vostro 1510. When I try to slipstream SP3, nLite says: "Previous Hotfixes have been detected. You wont be able to Slipstream new Hotfixes without first removing the previous ones from the installation. Do you want nLite to remove the previous hotfixes to enable proper Slipstreaming?" <YES> <NO> Should I answer YES? What happens if I choose NO? Thank You Very Much for your Greatly Appreciated Help & Assistance, Best wishes, Roberta