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| 462812 | 2006-06-13 20:50:00 | Trying to create a slipstreamed XP + SP-2 disc, it is oversized...like the total is 741mb and there are folders greeter than 8 in depth. I tried using Nero 6.0 and it said it would attempt an overburn as the instructions said, but it didn't work that way at all. (For Sale: Matching Coasters, Silver w/hole in center) Any ideas? I intend to dump the whole works (burn-down) on my Dell and reinstall the drives in a different sequence with XP-Pro + SP-2, and Mepis as a dual-boot. If I cannot get the slipstreamed version going, I can just use the disk for SP-2, but then can I copy all the Windows updates from the Dell's root drive and load them back after the reinstall? Since it's a total burn-down and resetting of everything, I won't be able to back up the files. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462813 | 2006-06-13 21:54:00 | You can remove features that you won't be installing. Try reading nLite guide here http://www.nliteos.com/ | PaulD (232) | ||
| 462814 | 2006-06-14 04:17:00 | SurferJoe, I made up a cd with this program, loading my XP cd with SP2. Worked well. The program is called AutoStreamer www.neowin.net |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 462815 | 2006-06-14 05:32:00 | As PaulD has suggested, try nLite. It can slipstream SP2 for you into your current XP disk. If done correctly a standard XP disk is only 5-600MB I think. Of course, if it's a Dell disk, then the extra crap they put on it may well take the total over 700MB. Check the forums on the nLite site as i'm sure others with Dell restore CD's have had issues in the past. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 462816 | 2006-06-14 07:40:00 | As PaulD has suggested, try nLite . It can slipstream SP2 for you into your current XP disk . If done correctly a standard XP disk is only 5-600MB I think . Of course, if it's a Dell disk, then the extra crap they put on it may well take the total over 700MB . Check the forums on the nLite site as i'm sure others with Dell restore CD's have had issues in the past . No No No . . it's NOT a Dell install with all the hidden partitions and recovery crap-ola! This is a complete XP install from disc that I got from M$ that just happens to be on a Dell P-III from a major manufacturing company here in the LA area when they upgraded their stuff . (My sons actually bought over 50 of them with at least 750mhz and cleaned the hdds and the fans and stuff, sold them with keyboards and monitors for $600 . 00US each . They made good money for that . Maybe next time they can package them with Mepis!) Just asking here: would it be good or even ok to use a dvd disc to load it up if I had to use more files? Would burning it on a dvd work? Will look into those other programs for help though . . thanks guys/girls! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 462817 | 2006-06-14 10:18:00 | Just asking here: would it be good or even ok to use a dvd disc to load it up if I had to use more files? Would burning it on a dvd work? Cant see why not, unless the computer running it does not have a DVD disk drive. And do use Nlite, I swear by it and its abilities to remove 300 - 400mb's of crap from a customised cd before XP becomes a little screwy. :) |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 462818 | 2006-06-16 03:33:00 | Yes you can create a windows DVD, but you'll need to remember to get a boot sector from an existing bootable disc so that the DVD drive can ... er.. boot from it. :) | autechre (266) | ||
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