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LombudXa
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 Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject: Slipstreaming Guide for Windows Products |
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Posted: 01/02/05
Since Microsoft is releasing patches and other available updates regurlarly, you will find lots of packages you have to download after a new Windows installation to keep your system up-to-date. Especially, if you haven't got a recent copy of Windows, you have to download all available patches which is about 280 MB. As you can figure out yourself, this takes a while, especially the installation of these patches takes its time until it's completed. Therefore I thought I will share my knowledge about making such installation processes much faster and you will have a pretty up-to-date Windows Installation CD in your CD archive afterwards.
Introduction:
Note: This part is based on . MSFN is one of the best resources I've found when it comes to slipstream Microsoft products as well as enhancing your system. Take a look at if you want to know more about enhancing your current Windows installation.
This guide will cover slipstreaming (or also known as integration) of service packs for your Windows 2000, XP or 2003 Installation CD's. In order to slipstream Windows, you will need enough space to store service packs, .NET Framework (if you haven't installed this already) and for the Windows CD you want to slipstream.
What is a Service Pack (SP)?:
A service pack is a product-specific collection of updates that fix security, program compatibility and system reliability issues. It also provides enhancements, administration tools, drivers and additional components that have been developed since the product's release. In short, a service pack helps to keep your product current and extends its functionality.
Requirements for Slipstreaming Windows 2000, XP or 2003:
In order to be able to slipstream your official copy of Windows 2000, XP or 2003 you need a few things first to get started. MSFN provides a really handy and easy-to-use tool called nLite to make slipstreaming a piece of cake.
Before we start, make sure you are doing this on an NT Operating System (such as Windows 2000, XP or 2003) otherwise the slipstream will not work. nLite also requires the to function.
Prerequisites:
- A Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 CD
- The latest "Network Install" Service Pack for one of the above Operating Systems (if you haven't got this already, search for the right service pack of your Windows on the internet and save it somewhere on your Hard Disk)
- Suitable CD Burning software capable of burning .ISO files (Nero, Alcohol, Easy CD Creator, etc.)
Slipstream Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 CD:
1. Start nLite and instruct nLite where to find your Windows CD. After instruct where to copy the files to on your Hard Disk. You can see some illustrations in the screenshots below (click on the pictures to enlarge them):
After clicking on OK, files will be copied to a folder you specified on your Hard disk from your Windows CD:
Click on Next. In here, we can choose a Service Pack to slipstream with the Windows Setup files we copied to the Hard Disk a moment ago:
Once you have clicked on Open, the slipstream process will begin. You will see "extracting" and "updating files" windows appear during this time.
Windows Service Packs are 'cumulative' - in short, it includes fixes that past service packs contained, so there is no need to slipstream the first release, second and so on. In this case, I have chosen Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is the latest at the time of writing up this guide.
At this point, you can choose to click on Next and remove unwanted components from your Windows CD to speed up installation and various other advantages (see nLite homepage for more information). Otherwise, click on Make ISO to finish the job and create your ISO file (for personal preference, you may want to change your CD label in the highlighted area first in the screenshot below). Once finished, quit the program.
You should now have a single ISO file sitting on your Hard Disk. It's an image dump of a CD which you can burn to CD using a capable burning application that supports ISO files. For Nero, you would go to File -> Burn Image -> select your ISO file, and start burning. It's as simple as that!
If you have issues such as file copy errors or a non-bootable disc, try burning at a lower speed (16x) and selecting Disc-at-Once if possible rather than Track-at-Once. If you have problems to find your suitable service pack for your Windows or experiencing any problems regarding this guide while trying to slipstream your CD, please let me know within this thread.
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