Advisable to slipstream SP2 with SP1 and XP?

Sometimes I have to reformat and then reinstall XP. This is usually
for friends' PCs which have got horribly messed up.

To save having to install XP and then SP1, I downloaded SP1 as a file
and slipstreamed it into XP and created a new installation CD.

Is it advisable to do the same with SP2 and create an installation CD
with SP2 in addition to XP and SP1?

David Peters wrote:
> Sometimes I have to reformat and then reinstall XP. This is usually
> for friends' PCs which have got horribly messed up.
>
> To save having to install XP and then SP1, I downloaded SP1 as a file
> and slipstreamed it into XP and created a new installation CD.
>
> Is it advisable to do the same with SP2 and create an installation CD
> with SP2 in addition to XP and SP1?

It saves time on a reinstall if you use a slipstreamed disk. The
process of slipstreaming SP2 is the same as SP1. You can use either an
original XP or an XP+SP1 as the source disk, either way the results will
be the same.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

I slipstreamed SP2 into my original XP/SP1 disc using Autostreamer (highly
recommend) and Nero Express. It couldn't have been easier and the resulting
CD is a fast way of reformatting/reinstalling Windows.

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
"David Peters" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Sometimes I have to reformat and then reinstall XP. This is usually
> for friends' PCs which have got horribly messed up.
>
> To save having to install XP and then SP1, I downloaded SP1 as a file
> and slipstreamed it into XP and created a new installation CD.
>
> Is it advisable to do the same with SP2 and create an installation CD
> with SP2 in addition to XP and SP1?

"SlowJet" <> wrote in news:Zik9d.8535$Sl2.6631
@trnddc09:

> AND you can NOT repair SP2 without one.

Are you certain of that? Maybe you could point me to reference
information, please?