How to Slipstreaming Windows XP/2K Service Pack and Create Bootable CD

[Phoenixofwater]

I find this link very helpful and a big time saver
Link (http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp1-bootcd.html)

What is Slipstreaming?
From the website

Slipstreaming a Service Pack, is the process to integrate the Service Pack into the installation so that with every new installation the Operating System and Service Pack are installed at the same time.

What do you need?
Windows XP/2K CD
CD-W Drive
ISO Buster (Free to download)
Nero Burning ROM
"Network Install" of the Service Pack

Hope you guys find this helpful
Later :wave:

[pointreyes]

Good link. This thread would make for a good sticky.

[eva2000]

yeah i slipstream my XP cds and saves alot of time

[Phoenixofwater]

Originally posted by pointreyes
Good link. This thread would make for a good sticky.

I'm happy you like the link :)

[dbwillis]

Yeh, saves lots o time...Ive just started using them...

[Hawk]

Been using that method of upgrading for a long time now. . .

:wave:

Definitly a sticky vote from me. . . . .:-)

[LastRide]

Can anyone help me out?.I am stuck at this point below and can't figure out what to do.Can anyone explain what I need to do here?.My folders are labeled in D drive WinXP-CD and XPSP1a with all the contents.LOL an avatar is stuck in there.

"Once the SP1a files are extracted, change to the update folder of the SP1a files (cd update), and type the following command: update /s:path to WinXP CD files. In my example the command is update /s:F:\WinXP-CD)."

[Phoenixofwater]

Originally posted by LastRide
Can anyone help me out?.I am stuck at this point below and can't figure out what to do.Can anyone explain what I need to do here?.My folders are labeled in D drive WinXP-CD and XPSP1a with all the contents.LOL an avatar is stuck in there.

"Once the SP1a files are extracted, change to the update folder of the SP1a files (cd update), and type the following command: update /s:path to WinXP CD files. In my example the command is update /s:F:\WinXP-CD)."

Did you extracted the SP1a files?
if so just open a dos box and type
D: (enter)
cd XPSP1a (enter)
cd update (enter)
update /s:D:\WinXP-CD (enter)

Hope that helps

[LastRide]

Worked great,thanks.:)

[DAPUNISHER]

i found this sweet guide for adding all of your specific harware's drivers to the slipstream disc and having it run as an unattended install. This is for the Nforce2 with Silicon Image SATA drivers but you guys are wicked smart so supplementing your hardware for that mentioned in the guide shouldn't be much of a chore.

1) copy all the files from your XP cd to a temporary folder (let's call it C:\XPSource)

2) slipstream SP1 if you haven't already: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

3) copy your now slipstreamed cd files into a folder (say, C:\XPCD)

4) download the newest drivers for your motherboard. i've got an asus a7n8x deluxe, so i'm using the 2.16 drivers. their site doesn't seem to be responding to me at the moment, but the file was named "nf2v116_wxp.zip". also grab the 3com drivers, and whatever other drivers you might need as well (say, video card or whatever else)

5) make a directory under C:\XPCD named $OEM$

6) make a directory under that called $1

7) make yet another directory under that called Drivers. you should now have something like C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers

8) extract your drivers to subdirectories of C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers. the asus drivers all come in separate directories (XP\MemCtl, XP\Ethernet, etc). make note of the subdirectories you've created, as we'll have to provide a list of these directories to XP setup later. update: these files and folder names MUST have 8.3 compatiable names. this means that none of the files or folders can have names longer than 8 characters. it won't work if they do! (thanks lanakaian!)

9) download the newest SATA RAID drivers from SI. as of this post, you can get them here.

10) extract the "Si3112r.sys" file into the i386 folder (C:\XPCD\i386\Si3112r.sys)

11) extract the whole SATA driver archive (all the files) to a directory under Drivers, say C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\SATA.

12) find the TXTSETUP.SIF file in the i386 folder (C:\XPCD\i386\TXTSETUP.SIF) and open it in NOTEPAD.

13) add the following line under [SourceDisksFiles]
si3112r.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

14) add the following line under [HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_61121095 = "Si3112r"

15) add the following line under [SCSI.Load]
si3112r = si3112r.sys,4

16) add the following line under [SCSI]
si3112r = "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller"

17) save your changes to TXTSETUP.SIF - we're done with this file. this file is for the text-based portion of the install (before we get XP's GUI). it keeps us from having to insert a floppy and pressing F6 during setup.

18) now we need to handle the GUI portion of the setup. create a text file under C:\XPCD\i386 called "WINNT.SIF". this is a file that XP setup will look for to automate the GUI portion of the setup. this is called an "unattended installation", and is used to answer some of the questions XP asks during the installation (and even some questions it doesn't ask). this file is called an "answer file". for more on setting up a custom unattended install, look here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=202

19) open C:\XPCD\i386\WINNT.SIF in notepad, and insert the following lines:
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemSkipEula=Yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\ATI;Drivers\nForce\3Com;Drivers\nForce\AudioDrv;
Drivers\nForce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nForce\Ethernet;Drivers\nForce\GART;
Drivers\nForce\MemCtl;Drivers\nForce\nvIDE;Drivers\nForce\IDE;
Drivers\SATA;Drivers\nForce\SMBus

[GuiUnattended]
OEMSkipWelcome = 1

[UserData]
ProductKey=12345-ABCDE-67890-FGHIK-12345
FullName=""
OrgName=""


20) here's the important bit: look at the OemPnPDriversPath entry.
PUT IT ALL ON THE SAME LONG LINE!!! not on 4 lines like above - i only put it on 4 lines because the forum will then stretch the page wide enough to fit it and you'll wind up scrolling left and right for the whole damn document.
this line will tell XP setup where to look for the .INF files for each of your devices. it will look in these paths first before checking it's own database of device drivers. the paths given are relative to the $OEM$\$1 folder you created. that is, "Drivers\ATI" tells it to look for a .INF file under C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\ATI. change this line to point to the paths for all the device drivers that you've downloaded, seperated by ";"

21) change the product key to match your key and you won't have to enter it during installation. otherwise, you can just remove that line

22) again, check out how to do a custom unattended installation from the link above if you want more settings changed - you can setup a lot of things that you normally do manually after the installation in this answer file. save the C:\XPCD\i386\WINNT.SIF answer file and close notepad.

23) burn it to a bootable CD by following the guide here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

[Paragon]

There's some very good information in this thread, I'm making it sticky.

[dbwillis]

I musta done somethng wrong last night...I slipped sp1a into XP Pro and tried an install today...it asked me to insert the sp1 floppy disk into Drive A..?

[Fossil]

Now that I have a bootable XPcdSP1, is there a way to save all the updates and Hotfix's?

[SupermanCK]

NICE...thx so much...been wanting to do this for a long time and just don't know how...kool...i can reinstall with less pain...

[Mikki]

Darn nice thread guys...cheers! :beer:;):D

[eva2000]

better guides at

WinXP PRO SP1
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&id=22

WinXP Pro SP1 + rollup 1
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&id=38

Multi-boot Win2000, WinXP PRO SP1, Win98SE install DVD
http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/

[Phoenixofwater]

hmm... that Multi-boot DVD looks very cool. If only i had a DVD write...someday :(

[randelld]

Hello Guys.
I have just about reached the end of the line with this. I have created the slipstream share with sp2 and have created the $oem$/$1/driver/sata folder and put all files where they should be. I have created winnt.sif as I want it and added the oem driver line.
But!! I just keep getting errors in my txtsetup.sif file. I have a growing pile of CD's here that are no good and I know i must be making a very miner error in the syntax.
Would one of you guys be kind enough to have a look through the text in my driver files and my txtsetup.sif files for me to see if you can point out my mistake.
The reason I need to do this is because my laptop doesn't have a floppy driver so i need to add the SATA drivers to the install disk.
I have tried to atach the files here but it won't let me so here are links to them on my server
www.yeclaserve.com/slipstream/txtsetup.txt
www.yeclaserve.com/slipstream/iastor.zip

dean (@) yeclaserve.com
Thanks a lot guys, this will make my month.

[engineer002]

Hi

Look up a free piece of software called nlite its allows you to create a bootable cd with service packs, drivers etc all slipstreamed into your CD and it burns it for you to !!

[ThugsRook]

Hi

Look up a free piece of software called nlite its allows you to create a bootable cd with service packs, drivers etc all slipstreamed into your CD and it burns it for you to !!
yea this thread is kinda dated.

nLite is what to use these days :)