Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

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Hey All,
My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.

I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center Edition
2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to have
it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got AutoStreamer
but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the systems or
the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned due
to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is go
through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have the
media center.

Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz Dual
Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let me know.
Thanks in Advance,
Dlyn (like Bob)
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

"Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
> Hey All,
> My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.
>
> I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center Edition
> 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to
> have
> it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
> AutoStreamer
> but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the systems
> or
> the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned
> due
> to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.

IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will have the
updated files.

> How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
> eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is go
> through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.

Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.

> I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have the
> media center.
>
> Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz
> Dual
> Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
> I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let me
> know.
> Thanks in Advance,
> Dlyn (like Bob)

You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore or
recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's won't work
either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.

HTH
-pk
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

Thanks Patrick for your quick response,
I suppose from yor answer that I've done all the right things (copied SP3 To
CD) also copied to the recovery drive
Thnx Again,
Dlyn
"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
> > Hey All,
> > My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.
> >
> > I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center Edition
> > 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to
> > have
> > it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
> > AutoStreamer
> > but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the systems
> > or
> > the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned
> > due
> > to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
>
> IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will have the
> updated files.
>
> > How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
> > eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is go
> > through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
>
> Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.
>
> > I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have the
> > media center.
> >
> > Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz
> > Dual
> > Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
> > I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let me
> > know.
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Dlyn (like Bob)
>
> You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore or
> recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's won't work
> either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

You don't copy an ISO file to a CD... and expect it to work for the contents
within the ISO.

--
Dave

"Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5326EB35-DDE1-43F8-B8E5-D1686CA60FC5@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Patrick for your quick response,
> I suppose from yor answer that I've done all the right things (copied SP3
> To
> CD) also copied to the recovery drive
> Thnx Again,
> Dlyn
> "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
>
>> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
>> > Hey All,
>> > My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.
>> >
>> > I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center
>> > Edition
>> > 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to
>> > have
>> > it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
>> > AutoStreamer
>> > but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the
>> > systems
>> > or
>> > the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned
>> > due
>> > to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
>>
>> IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will have
>> the
>> updated files.
>>
>> > How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
>> > eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is
>> > go
>> > through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
>>
>> Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.
>>
>> > I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have
>> > the
>> > media center.
>> >
>> > Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz
>> > Dual
>> > Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
>> > I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let
>> > me
>> > know.
>> > Thanks in Advance,
>> > Dlyn (like Bob)
>>
>> You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore or
>> recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's won't
>> work
>> either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
>>
>>
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

Lil' Dave,
Just what does this mean - Please elaborate for us users that are not as
versed in computing as you seem to be.
Dlyn

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

> You don't copy an ISO file to a CD... and expect it to work for the contents
> within the ISO.
>
> --
> Dave
>
> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5326EB35-DDE1-43F8-B8E5-D1686CA60FC5@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Patrick for your quick response,
> > I suppose from yor answer that I've done all the right things (copied SP3
> > To
> > CD) also copied to the recovery drive
> > Thnx Again,
> > Dlyn
> > "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
> >
> >> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hey All,
> >> > My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.
> >> >
> >> > I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center
> >> > Edition
> >> > 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to
> >> > have
> >> > it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
> >> > AutoStreamer
> >> > but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the
> >> > systems
> >> > or
> >> > the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned
> >> > due
> >> > to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
> >>
> >> IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will have
> >> the
> >> updated files.
> >>
> >> > How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
> >> > eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is
> >> > go
> >> > through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
> >>
> >> Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.
> >>
> >> > I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have
> >> > the
> >> > media center.
> >> >
> >> > Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz
> >> > Dual
> >> > Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
> >> > I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let
> >> > me
> >> > know.
> >> > Thanks in Advance,
> >> > Dlyn (like Bob)
> >>
> >> You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore or
> >> recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's won't
> >> work
> >> either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> -pk
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

Though I don't think his reply answers any of your questions, I "think" was
he [lil' Dave] was saying is that you can't just take an .iso file and copy
it to a CD. All that will do is create a cd with an .iso archive file on it.
What you need to do is use a program such as Nero to burn that .iso
What this will do is extract the folder structure from the iso file. It's a
lot like working with a WinZip archive. If you copy that to disc you just
have a copy of the zip file but if you extract it first you'll have a copy of
all the files contained within.
Make more sense?

"Dlyn" wrote:

> Lil' Dave,
> Just what does this mean - Please elaborate for us users that are not as
> versed in computing as you seem to be.
> Dlyn
>
> "Lil' Dave" wrote:
>
> > You don't copy an ISO file to a CD... and expect it to work for the contents
> > within the ISO.
> >
> > --
> > Dave
> >
> > "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5326EB35-DDE1-43F8-B8E5-D1686CA60FC5@microsoft.com...
> > > Thanks Patrick for your quick response,
> > > I suppose from yor answer that I've done all the right things (copied SP3
> > > To
> > > CD) also copied to the recovery drive
> > > Thnx Again,
> > > Dlyn
> > > "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Hey All,
> > >> > My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center
> > >> > Edition
> > >> > 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to
> > >> > have
> > >> > it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
> > >> > AutoStreamer
> > >> > but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the
> > >> > systems
> > >> > or
> > >> > the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned
> > >> > due
> > >> > to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
> > >>
> > >> IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will have
> > >> the
> > >> updated files.
> > >>
> > >> > How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will
> > >> > eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is
> > >> > go
> > >> > through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
> > >>
> > >> Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.
> > >>
> > >> > I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't have
> > >> > the
> > >> > media center.
> > >> >
> > >> > Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer 1.6GHz
> > >> > Dual
> > >> > Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
> > >> > I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed, let
> > >> > me
> > >> > know.
> > >> > Thanks in Advance,
> > >> > Dlyn (like Bob)
> > >>
> > >> You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore or
> > >> recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's won't
> > >> work
> > >> either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >> -pk
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
 
Re: Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk

LOL, yes, he is saying you create a CD/DVD *FROM* an ISO image, not copy
the ISO image to a disk.

You can use virtual drive programs to mount the disk, and it the computer
will see the ISO file as a disk.

You can use programs like PowerISO, WinRAR, and some others to look inside
the image and extract files etc,

"mnthompson" <mnthompson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B41AEBB-164A-403C-9161-C8288B171192@microsoft.com...
> Though I don't think his reply answers any of your questions, I "think"
> was
> he [lil' Dave] was saying is that you can't just take an .iso file and
> copy
> it to a CD. All that will do is create a cd with an .iso archive file on
> it.
> What you need to do is use a program such as Nero to burn that .iso
> What this will do is extract the folder structure from the iso file. It's
> a
> lot like working with a WinZip archive. If you copy that to disc you just
> have a copy of the zip file but if you extract it first you'll have a copy
> of
> all the files contained within.
> Make more sense?
>
> "Dlyn" wrote:
>
>> Lil' Dave,
>> Just what does this mean - Please elaborate for us users that are not as
>> versed in computing as you seem to be.
>> Dlyn
>>
>> "Lil' Dave" wrote:
>>
>> > You don't copy an ISO file to a CD... and expect it to work for the
>> > contents
>> > within the ISO.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:5326EB35-DDE1-43F8-B8E5-D1686CA60FC5@microsoft.com...
>> > > Thanks Patrick for your quick response,
>> > > I suppose from yor answer that I've done all the right things (copied
>> > > SP3
>> > > To
>> > > CD) also copied to the recovery drive
>> > > Thnx Again,
>> > > Dlyn
>> > > "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> "Dlyn" <Dlyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:6542C9D2-3447-42D3-AEE0-5D9466D7F9FB@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > Hey All,
>> > >> > My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be
>> > >> > kind.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center
>> > >> > Edition
>> > >> > 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I
>> > >> > want to
>> > >> > have
>> > >> > it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got
>> > >> > AutoStreamer
>> > >> > but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the
>> > >> > systems
>> > >> > or
>> > >> > the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm
>> > >> > concerned
>> > >> > due
>> > >> > to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem.
>> > >>
>> > >> IIRC in that case you will point SFC to the\i386 folder, which will
>> > >> have
>> > >> the
>> > >> updated files.
>> > >>
>> > >> > How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process
>> > >> > will
>> > >> > eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only
>> > >> > solution is
>> > >> > go
>> > >> > through all steps if the time comes for me to reinstall the OS.
>> > >>
>> > >> Yes. Burn SP3 to CD so you have it on hand.
>> > >>
>> > >> > I do have an XP Pro SP1 retail disk, but this of course doesn't
>> > >> > have
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > media center.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Desktop wired Gateway 3.2GHz Pentium 4 HT, Laptop wireless Acer
>> > >> > 1.6GHz
>> > >> > Dual
>> > >> > Core, Both INTEL - using Linksys modem and router (wtg54g)
>> > >> > I appreciate any Assistance and if there is any details I missed,
>> > >> > let
>> > >> > me
>> > >> > know.
>> > >> > Thanks in Advance,
>> > >> > Dlyn (like Bob)
>> > >>
>> > >> You can only slipstream to an original-style install CD. Restore
>> > >> or
>> > >> recovery disks or partitions will not work. Some install CD's
>> > >> won't
>> > >> work
>> > >> either, if they are OEM and have had other patches pre-applied.
>> > >>
>> > >> HTH
>> > >> -pk
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
 
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