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| Thread ID: 48090 | 2004-08-14 00:28:00 | SP2 Upgrade New Topic | i-gordon (962) | Press F1 |
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| 261493 | 2004-08-14 00:28:00 | I am planning to do a fresh reinstall of Windows SP1 Version 2002, so when the SP2 CD from PC World comes out would be a good time to do it. My question is. (a) Do I reinstall SP1 and then all the updates until now and then SP2. (b) Reinstall SP1 then SP2 and thats it. (c) Some other solution. ? If the answer is (a) then thats a lot of downloading, so it would make sense to make a CD of all the Upgrades for future use. How do I do that? I know that I can probably find out all this by searching on the web but I think that there are a few other people on PF1 would like to get some info from the experts |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 261494 | 2004-08-14 00:38:00 | Reformatt and install Win XP SP1 and reinstall all your drivers, not MS updates. Then install SP2. | Berryb (654) | ||
| 261495 | 2004-08-14 00:41:00 | I believe that sp2 'contains' sp1.......well that's what I read soemwhere ...and there is an easier way to do the install than mucking around installing windoze then the sp's.........you can 'slipstream' the sp package into the install cd.........I cant remembver where I got it but I have a progam which makes this extremely easy........it creates one cd from say your xphome ed cd and the sp you have downloaded........ah it's called 'autostreamer'..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 261496 | 2004-08-14 01:11:00 | You can get AutoStreamer here www.softpedia.com There is also AutoStreamer+nLite here forums.windrivers.com I don't know if I feel knowledgeable enough to try it myself though. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 261497 | 2004-08-14 03:49:00 | Thanks everyone. I found another thread about slipstreaming. I have heaps of info now. | i-gordon (962) | ||
| 261498 | 2004-08-14 05:57:00 | > I believe that sp2 'contains' sp1.......well that's > what I read soemwhere You may have read that that SP2 contains SP1 from me and maybe not. I know I said that on this forum but you may not have read that here. You may have read it somewhere else for all I know. > ...and there is an easier way > to do the install than mucking around installing > windoze then the sp's.........you can 'slipstream' > the sp package into the install cd.........I cant > remembver where I got it but I have a progam which > makes this extremely easy........it creates one cd > from say your xphome ed cd and the sp you have > downloaded........ah it's called 'autostreamer'..... I have gone on record in this forum and used my WinXP Pro CD along with the download of SP2 to create a slipstreamed WinXP Pro CD. This only contains the files from my XP Pro CD and updates from Service Pack 2. No hot fixes. No drivers for printers, scanners, cameras, TV cards. Autostreamer is a very good way of doing this sort of thing. I have already thanked ( I think ) Pheonix for that link. I am definitely going to try getting a step further by creating an unattended install on a bootable CD and with all drivers for my particular motherboard and other hardware. Way to go I think is to create a slipstreamed Win XP from the original CD and the latest service pack. In my case I have an original WinXP Pro CD disk. I have Service pack 1 and very recently service pack 2. My ultimate aim is to be able to boot off a CD or DVD media and have the whole install find all hardware and have the install completely unattended. This may be a pipe dream but I see no reason why I can't try. At the moment we have things called Recovery disks. Usually as I understand this if you use the CD you will find everything back to what it was on the computer when delivered. What happens if you have a Brand name computer and even think about changing a video card, RAM or Hard drive? If you use a recovery disk any partitions you or someone else created on the hard drive will normally be removed. This means any Documents, Spreadsheets, Downloads, Contact lists, Emails, Pictures from cameras and anything you put on the computer will just simply go if you use a recovery CD. This unless you have a method of backup. A method of backup is resonabley important to me. The way I do it at the moment is to ensure I don't lose any downloads, photos, documents I have created and Ghost one hard drive to another about once per week. This is just my way of working. Other people will just do what they want and I have no problem with this. Sorry for my inferior help. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 261499 | 2004-08-14 05:59:00 | It was not as difficult as you may think. I hope not anyway. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 261500 | 2004-08-14 06:01:00 | > Thanks everyone. I found another thread about > slipstreaming. I have heaps of info now. That will work I hope. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 261501 | 2004-08-14 08:14:00 | > At the moment we have things called Recovery disks. > Usually as I understand this if you use the CD you > will find everything back to what it was on the > computer when delivered. What happens if you have a > Brand name computer and even think about changing a > video card, RAM or Hard drive? If you use a recovery > disk any partitions you or someone else created on > the hard drive will normally be removed. > > This means any Documents, Spreadsheets, Downloads, > Contact lists, Emails, Pictures from cameras and > anything you put on the computer will just simply go > if you use a recovery CD. This unless you have a > method of backup. A method of backup is resonabley > important to me. I have an OEM recovery disk and I can assure you that it wont wipe your partitions unless thats what is required. I have 2 hard drives divided into 7 partitions and done a fresh install many times and never lost a byte. Only the OS partition gets re formated and that wipes all the updates but anything on other partitions is saved. Thanks for your other info. I will be making a CD with autostreamer when I get SP2 |
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