Re: Installing via SP2 network install or via a slipstreamed XP CD

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From: John G. Ata (John_at_TheAtas.org-spamguard)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:21:52 -0400

So I have a slipstreamed CD and a Windows Update message telling me to
update... is there any preference?

"John G. Ata" <John@TheAtas.org-spamguard> wrote in message
news:O$SmN7kiEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Thanks to all who replied... I should have been more precise. I have
> slipstreamed a SP1 CD to SP2 but wondered if I should install from the CD
or
> directly from the network install. So the time in preparing the
> slipstreamed CD should not be an issue, just the time to install and the
> method that has the best chance of success. Does it take about the same
> amount of time to install from either method?
>
> During slipstreaming, I used CD Creator 6. Following the instructions of
> using an ISO9660 file system, it kept on complaining about Microsoft
> Corporation.img having an incorrect file name. Even relaxing the rules to
> allow 30 character names still gave an error (I suspect that the space
> character is not valid in ISO 9660). Since I was trying to copy the
> original, I figured the original could not be a ISO 9660 file system
either
> so I chose the default Joliet. All seemed to work well. I was able to
boot
> the slipstreamed CD to the point where it loaded all the drivers into
memory
> and then asked what I wanted to do. Not wanting to install yet, I quit
out.
>
> Does anyone know why the Microsoft Corporation.img file is invisible on
the
> original but shows up on the slipstreamed CD?
>
> An interesting anomaly I've noticed (that has nothing to do with SP2
> actually) is that there is something strange about the Microsoft
> Corporation.img file that I copied off the original. I extracted it as
per
> the directions into a temporary directory but didn't delete it. Now every
> time my backup runs (Backup MyPC) and backs up the file, it doesn't
verify.
> Even though I use volume shadow copy, and no other file ever gets reported
> as modified, this file will always report a warning that it has been
> modified since last backed up during the verification stage. I suspect
that
> the created/modified dates on the img file (December 31, 1899) might be
> confusing the program but am not sure. Is this a copy protection feature?
>
> --John
>
> "Broomstick" <nobody@virtually.nowhere> wrote in message
> news:%23F0yVQbiEHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > One will be a heck lot faster than the other.
> > Just go check the link Vikas gave you.
> > Careful with the command line parameters; I missed out on one character
> (the
> > ":") and burn
> > another WinXP disc (without the SP2).
> >
> > "John G. Ata" <John@TheAtas.org-spamguard> wrote in message
> > news:%238NB5aaiEHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a difference if I update my XP-PRO SP1 machine with XP2 using
> the
> > > network install directly versus using a slipstreamed XP-PRO-SP2 CD?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > --John
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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