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Pop the link I gave refers to a site called autopatcher. Autopatcher is
companion to autostreamer. It is autostreamer you need. Look on the right of
the autopatcher web site near the bottom, I think, and you should see a link
to download autostreamer.
Does autostreamer work? Simply answer Yes. If you have visited my website
you will have seen the instruction I give for using autostreamer. To make
sure the instructions were accurate I had to physically go through the whole
procedure, i.e., inserting my xp cd, copying the sp2 update from my update
cd to my hard drive etc, etc. From when autostreamer started the copying
process to it actually finishing took about 17 minutes. Now that's not bad
going considering it is copying xp files to a temporary folder and then
replacing files with newer files from sp2.
After completion I burnt the resulting iso file to a cd using Roxio. After
the cd was created I created a separate partition on my hard drive and
installed windows xp professional. Everything went without a hitch. When my
machine finally rebooted I had a complete version of windows xp professional
complete with service pack 2.
So to your questions all I can say is it worked fine for me.
Hope this helps
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net
"Pop" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:uAdypePnEHA.392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> John,
>
> Dumb questions coming: I've been interested in slipstreaming for
> some time and never found anything "easy" enough to use, but this
> recommendation looks pretty good.
>
> -- Do you have successful experience with this autopatcher
> program?
> -- Is it known to be reliable?
> -- How can one "test" it to be certain it works without actually
> doing a reinstall?
>
> I can barely read the text at that site it's so small, and
> server-controlled, so may have missed it, but I didn't see
> anything to answer my questions there.
>
> TIA,
>
> Pop
>
>
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.nospam> wrote in message
> news:%23HZbRqNnEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | Joe you only need to install sp2. However, to save time
> installing both xp
> | and the service pack you might like to create a 'slipstream' cd
> of xp. You
> | can do this if you have the retail copy of xp (the actual xp
> cd) and the
> | full version update of sp2 (downloadable from Microsoft or
> available on cd
> | from Microsoft - some computer mags are also including the full
> sp2 pack on
> | their cover disks.) Take a look at the instructions for
> slipstreaming on my
> | website www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net. Click the Win XP Faq
> button and
> | take a look at question 83. You will also need a copy of the
> freeware
> | software 'autostreamer' (details are on the webpage) After you
> have burnt
> | the ISO copy to cd you simply install as normal. What the
> slipstream has
> | done is integrated the service pack 2 into the original windows
> xp
> | overwriting all the necessary files. You only then need to
> install the
> | slipstreamed copy of xp. There is no need to install xp and sp2
> separately.
> |
> | --
> | John Barnett MVP
> | Associate Expert
> | www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net
> | "Joe 1" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | news:18c001c49cc9$2067f560$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> | >I will be formatting my hard drive due to ongoing
> | > problems with OS crashes that lock up my PC completely.
> | > Unfortunatley, no error report can be sent since I must
> | > do a hard reboot. I have downloaded the new XP upgrade,
> | > (not the problem) and need to know if I must reinstall
> | > all of the older system updates from the past 3 years or
> | > so or can I just install the SP2 download and assume it
> | > has all the older updates included?
> |
> |
>
>
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