XP SP3 Comments - Page 2

Druchii · 04-05-2008, 15:27

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Last time I had to go through a process of extracting bootloaders and making some boot file then burning a CD which turned out to be a coaster!

Unless I did it wrong of course...

Slipstream everything, then point nLite at it, select "Bootable ISO" is the options, and let it do it's stuff

Voila! Working XP SP3 bootable CD.

Nikesh · 04-05-2008, 15:43

Just use nLite to slipstream it and make the disc.

Druchii · 04-05-2008, 15:44

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Originally Posted by Nikesh

Just use nLite to slipstream it and make the disc.

nLite doesn't slipstream SP3 properly, or so i had heard.

Nikesh · 04-05-2008, 15:47

Really?

I've just used nlite to slipstream SP3 and it seemed to work. I haven't tried installing XP yet though.

Druchii · 04-05-2008, 15:48

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Originally Posted by Nikesh

Really?

I've just used nlite to slipstream SP3 and it seemed to work. I haven't tried installing XP yet though.

Try installing it on a Virtual Machine, i recommend Innotek Virtualbox for this. That's how i tested and found my first one was bad. My second one, was good.

Are you slipstreaming on XP or Vista? Vista seems to break it

LSainsbury · 04-05-2008, 16:53

Cool. Heard of NLite before but never really used it. Will give it a go.

With regards to XP media, are there any differences between a retail copy, an MSDN copy, a copy for volume licences keys etc or is it all dependant on the the product key used?

Druchii · 04-05-2008, 17:12

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Cool. Heard of NLite before but never really used it. Will give it a go.

With regards to XP media, are there any differences between a retail copy, an MSDN copy, a copy for volume licences keys etc or is it all dependant on the the product key used?

I think Retail, OEM and VLK are different editions.

Nikesh · 04-05-2008, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Try installing it on a Virtual Machine, i recommend Innotek Virtualbox for this. That's how i tested and found my first one was bad. My second one, was good.

Are you slipstreaming on XP or Vista? Vista seems to break it

I slipstreamed it on Vista. I've got a spare laptop that needs reformatting anyway so I'll try it out on that later. Hope it works.

Halcyon · 04-05-2008, 20:49

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Originally Posted by Druchii

I think Retail, OEM and VLK are different editions.

What do you mean by different editions ? Like is one is XP HOme and one is XP Pro ?

LSainsbury · 04-05-2008, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

What do you mean by different editions ? Like is one is XP HOme and one is XP Pro ?

No - not Home, Pro, Media Centre - I mean the physical media (CD) for diffrent versions such as retail, OEM, and media with VLKs etc.

Druchii · 04-05-2008, 21:21

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Originally Posted by Nikesh

I slipstreamed it on Vista. I've got a spare laptop that needs reformatting anyway so I'll try it out on that later. Hope it works.

Good luck! We shall see whether it works then at least

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

What do you mean by different editions ? Like is one is XP HOme and one is XP Pro ?

Nah, one allows a certain set of keys, one allows another set... VLK allows another, but doesn't need activation etc... Minor differences, but same core O/S.