Re: Making an XP + SP2 install CD

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:22:19 +0100

Tony wrote:

>I have XP Pro (original not SP1) and now have the SP2 corporate installer
>(256Mb) which I used to update my PC and laptop offline in one easy upgrade.
>I am about to reformat and rebuild my PC and want to know if there is any way
>I can make my own installation CD which will install XP Pro and SP2 in one
>go, or should I stick with the plain install and come back and do XP2
>afterwards before I get onto installing all the other programs I have.
>
>Basically looking to make my own XP+SP2 CD but not by going out buying it
>again as I have bought it once :)

You can do - one way is at http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262

Whether it is worth it just for one use, compared with installing in the
regular way and immediately running SP2, is up to you - but it does help
if you should want to do a repair reinstall 

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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