Making a Repair CD for XP SP2

First of all thanks to those who have given responses in this area already.
They have been very helpful in explaining how to go about creating a
slipstreamed CD to repair XP Pro with SP2 added.
The build history of my machine has been XP Home, then an XP Pro upgrade,
(for which I still have the discs), followed by SP1a, then SP2. My problem
is that I don't have a full XP pro CD to slipstream with SP2 to create a
viable repair disc. So any suggestions on how I should go about building a
repair CD/DVD from the software I do have please?
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Thanks,
George Greenway

George Greenway wrote:
> First of all thanks to those who have given responses in this area
> already. They have been very helpful in explaining how to go about
> creating a slipstreamed CD to repair XP Pro with SP2 added.
> The build history of my machine has been XP Home, then an XP Pro
> upgrade, (for which I still have the discs), followed by SP1a, then
> SP2. My problem is that I don't have a full XP pro CD to slipstream
> with SP2 to create a viable repair disc. So any suggestions on how I
> should go about building a repair CD/DVD from the software I do have
> please?

You should be able to integrate SP2 into your XP Pro CD just fine.
The only catch is that in order to use (even the integrated SP2 CD) the
upgrade CD - you still need to supply qualifying media.

In other words - you should be able to use something like "AutoStreamer" to
integrate SP2 into your Upgrade XP Pro CD and create a New CD. That CD -
once burned - will be able to be used to upgrade or install Windows XP
Professional on a machine (an upgrade CD can install "from scratch" as long
as you have qualifying media (like a Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP Home CD) to show
it when it asks during the install process.)

Otherwise - if you just want to backup your system so you can get it back to
a certain state at any given moment.. Look into imaging the machine.
Symantec Ghost, etc.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks Shenan, just what I needed. Re Imaging the machine I'm looking at
Powerquest Drive Image.
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Thanks,
George Greenway


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> George Greenway wrote:
> > First of all thanks to those who have given responses in this area
> > already. They have been very helpful in explaining how to go about
> > creating a slipstreamed CD to repair XP Pro with SP2 added.
> > The build history of my machine has been XP Home, then an XP Pro
> > upgrade, (for which I still have the discs), followed by SP1a, then
> > SP2. My problem is that I don't have a full XP pro CD to slipstream
> > with SP2 to create a viable repair disc. So any suggestions on how I
> > should go about building a repair CD/DVD from the software I do have
> > please?
>
> You should be able to integrate SP2 into your XP Pro CD just fine.
> The only catch is that in order to use (even the integrated SP2 CD) the
> upgrade CD - you still need to supply qualifying media.
>
> In other words - you should be able to use something like "AutoStreamer" to
> integrate SP2 into your Upgrade XP Pro CD and create a New CD. That CD -
> once burned - will be able to be used to upgrade or install Windows XP
> Professional on a machine (an upgrade CD can install "from scratch" as long
> as you have qualifying media (like a Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP Home CD) to show
> it when it asks during the install process.)
>
> Otherwise - if you just want to backup your system so you can get it back to
> a certain state at any given moment.. Look into imaging the machine.
> Symantec Ghost, etc.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>