nlite sp2 problem

[tekkentekken]

Ok so i was setting up my new boot disch using nlite , im on the stage where you select the service pack and apparantly in the nlite guide its suppose to extract it to your windows distribution folder , but it does not its extracting to my G drive while my windows folder is on my desktop. My G grive is my game drive have no idea why its doing this, can someone please help me out . I finally have the time to make my own boot disc but now i cant becuase of this problem.

Any help much appreciated thank you!

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Why is this a problem? The SP extracts to the drive with the most free space and then deletes its self afterwards.

[tekkentekken]

i thought its suppose to extract the new folder i created which was on the desktop? so regardless where i copied the files from the original boot cd nlite will extract it to the correct place?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

No sorry for the confusion.

The XP files stay in the folder where you copied them or had nLite copy them.

The SERVICE PACK files normally, as MS made it to do, extracts to the drive with the most free space in a temp folder with a random name like "9826310746012756401752344" and then after integration deletes the temp folder.

And yes nLite does its job well and doesn't lose files or folders (Unless of course you tell it to lose them )

P.S. WELCOME TO MSFN!

[tekkentekken]

btw kels thanks for the quick reply,

so your saying when i get to the stage to select where i have service pack 2 downloaded ( which is on my desktop C drive) i just select it let it extract and it will do its thing and continue with my nlite process after the extraction is finished? so the extraction does go into the boot folder?

if so i don't get it service pack extracts and deletes the files , whats the point of using if it just deletes it self

ps im no pc expert thats why im asking noob questions

[Kelsenellenelvian]

It extracts itself to the temp folder then updates your source and only after that does it delete the temp folder.

See the SP has more files in it than is needed when you "Slipstream" a cd it has files for all 3 versions of XP (Pro, Home and MCE) plus it has files for when you are doing an inplace install of it on a running system.

What nLite does is call it with an /integrate switch so it copies over all of the needed files after extaction and updates your source (Thats where you copied your XP files to) then deletes the temp folder.

It's ok to ask away but please do remember the fabulous words "Google Search" and that this forum has a search engine also feel free to use them as resourses most of your basic questions are easily answered by doing a simple google search.

My msn or "WLM" as its now called is kelsenellenelvian@hotmail.com so feel free to chat with me at anytime...

ALso as a little side note you may want to start nLite and update it with SP2 and make an iso out of just the new XP with SP2 integrated so you have an "Updated" source to copy from thus easily skipping that step everytime you decide to try something different with nLite.

[bledd]

copy xp disc to C:\XPCD (not desktop as it's a long path and although it probably would work, better to use a short path)

in nlite select SP2, windows will extract the SP to drive with most space then it will slipstream it from the temp drive to your C:\XPCD source