Re: SATA install without floppy drive

MrC. wrote:
Why not make a custom disk with the drivers included on the Win2k disk?
You can use nlite and include the drivers then you don't have to use the floppy disk.
http://www.nliteos.com/index.html

This looks like an interesting tool which says it can slipstream (amongst other things) hotfixes.

But what is a "type 1 hotfix" and are the Win2K hotfixes of this type (or just the WinXP HF's)? If the Win2K HF's are "type 1" where could I download them as standalones?

Having had to frequently re-install lately on an experimental/test machine from an install cd slipstreamed to SP4 (but not beyond) I can testify it's a painful business. Just the updating takes several times longer than the original install (... have the MS programmers never conceived of the idea of letting you agree to the reboot *before* the hotfix is downloaded and applied, so that at least you could wander off and find the machine ready for the next fix when you get back instead of having to wait for the reboot at that point?)

SP5 where are you?
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