SP2 Slipstreaming Method

[j4ever]

i've read a few posts on this board about different ways to slipstream it. Which way is the best way and why?:

1. XP Gold to SP2

2. XP Gold to SP1a to SP2

[SwedenXP]

No 1

/ SwedenXP

[krismark]

If you already have a XP Gold to SP1a . SP2 over the top is fine.

Otherwise if you have an Vanilla XP CD XP Gold to SP2

[jaccoswinkels]

Download the (full) "Network Install" of the Service Pack , and save it to a directory (folder) on your hard drive (in my case D:\XP-SP2).

Next copy your Windows XP CD to your hard drive. Just create a folder (I used \XP-CD), and copy all the contents of your Windows XP CD in that folder.

Next, open a Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd), and go to the folder where you downloaded SP2 (cd \foldername). Type the command: servicepack filename /integrate:drive/path. In my example the command is WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU /integrate:D:\XP-CD.

[oioldman]

I did something similar to jaccoswinkels, in that i extracted SP2 and ran the /integrate switch against update.exe from the update folder, so it looked like

<sp2path>:\update\update.exe /integrate:<xpgold or xpsp1 path>

No problems found at all.