Re: WinXP SP2 download

~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:

>
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:escInWroFHA.764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Create a slipstream CD using your Windows XP CD and the SP2 download.
>> It is
>> easy to do - see here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm
> ===================
> What about those of us who don't get the XP-CD when we buy our PCs? I
> have several CDs to reinstall WXP from HP.
>
> FS~

It depends on what the OEM has given you. Check with HP's tech support.
If you have only a restore image, you can't slipstream it. Sometimes
you can slipstream using the i386 folder on the hard drive if the OEM
set it up that way. Otherwise, you are SOL. You can check out the links
that the following Google search produced for possibilities:

http://www.google.com/search?q=slipstream+XP+with+OEM+restore+disk&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=

Malke
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