Re: Windows Xp Updates / SP2 - how to backup?
From: Lew (lewill_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:29:20 -0400
The excellent people here introduced me to slipstreaming. Sounds like what
you need and I'm sure they will direct you. I used Autostreamer from
Neowin. Worked great.
-- Lew "Adam Schneider" <Adam Schneider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:218F8349-ABA9-4C5E-A848-317261B69CDA@microsoft.com... > My first request: > > Hi everyone! > My problem is the following: I regularly download the > newest windows as well as office updates. However, when > it comes to formating the computer, which I do once a > year, all these updates are naturally erased and I have > to download them again. This usually involves a few > hundred MBs and as my monthly download limit is 1GB this > may cause a problem. > Therefore, I would like to know if there is a possibility > to store the update setup files and just install them > again after formating without having to download them > over and over again. Does that possibility exist, where > can I find those vital update setup files??? > > Please help me, > Adam > > > Answer by Stephen: > > MS has a page where you can download SP2 which includes > SP1 and store it on your hard drive. The Service Packs for > Office are also downloadable. When given a choice between > Save and Run, you choose Save and download the file to disk. > > You must have a cd-writer so that you can burn backup cds. > You can "slipstream" windows xp with SP2. This software > http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337 > is very easy to use. The combo will all get installed in one shot. > > Your other software updates, new firmware, new drivers > should be downloaded and stored on your drive within > folders that are named clearly. Then you use software > like Nero or Roxio to write those files from the hard drive > to a cd using a cd-writer which records the files. CD-writers > make backups of your system which you can store on 6-12 > Cds which are cheap, you don't need what they call rewritable. > A cd-rom which will write files to a cd is a must for any user > who does serious work on a modern computer. The software > is easy to use. > > Regards, > Stephen > > > My response to Stephens help: > > Hi Stephen, > I thought my first reply was lost as I accidentally pressed close, so I > had > to write it all again. This is the newer and better version. > Thanks a lot for your quick response and the helpful information!! > First of all, from what I understand, the downloadable version of SP2 is > meant for deployment to multiple computers over a network, whereas SP2 for > a > single computer is yet to come. > Secondly, are you 100% sure that SP2 includes SP1 as well as all other > previous windows updates? > Is it the same with Microsoft Office? Does SP3 include all previous > updates? > About the "slipstreaming" windows xp with SP2: Do you mean to say that it > is > possible for me to merge my windows XP CD with SP2 and thus create an > image > file containing both by using the software offered at > "http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337"? Should I then > burn > the image on CD and use it to format my pc or could that be risky? Is it > safer to first install windows normally and only then to update it with > SP2? > Despite the fact that you think that windows updates are stored within > clearly labeled folders on my hard drive, I still can't seem to find them. > Could you perhaps name their default location? > Another upsetting fact is that loads of so-called "XP Hotfixes" are listed > in my "add or remove programs". I suspect them to be my downloaded > updates. > However, as it is possible to uninstall them, doesn't that mean that their > components must be stored somewhere, hopefully even as exe setup files, > which > I could, were I to finally find them, easily store on my external USB hard > drive or onto a CD as you suggested? Even more confusing is the fact that > many Hotfixes have (SP2) written next to them, whereas it still says > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 1" in my > System > Properties. > Please help me out one more time, > Adam Schneider > > > Could somebody help me with my final questions? > Stephen doesn't seem to realize that I have new questions. > Thank you very much, > Adam > >
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