Instructions for Creating an Integrated SP2 Install
Note: These instructions are steps for the creation of an integrated Windows XP SP2 installation disk from the Dell Reinstallation CD for Windows XP Home that includes SP1a (Dell P/N R2490). These are basic instructions containing no detailed information on specific items. They assume some technical knowledge.
Insert the Dell CD and copy all of the files to a directory on your hard drive, then proceed to extract the boot sector from the installation disk.
Delete the following items from the CD directory you just created:
Download the Network Installation Package of Windows XP SP2 from the Microsoft Download Center. Then, extract the files to a temporary directory on your hard disk.
Integrate SP2 using the update program located in .
\I386\UPDATE in the directory containing the files for SP2. Do not use the
–s: switch, instead use the
–integrate: switch (instructions from Microsoft use this switch).
Create
.\I386\SVCPACK.INF with the following information:
I do not know if these instructions would work with Windows XP Professional; however, I believe the instructions for XP Profesional would be very similar. The only difference would be the files to delete. I was unable to provide instructions for XP Professional as I do not own its Dell Reinstallation CD.
Most of those files do not need to be manually deleted, as they are overwritten by the integration process.
The SVCPACK.INF instructions I believe are for slipstreaming hot fixes. Not that it wouldn't work with a full blown service pack too, but probably not needed for a full blown service pack integrated installation.
I have the Windows xp Home Etion from Dell Version P/N 6U793 and i can t find the most of this files where i have to delete, is there a way to integrate the sp2 anyway?
Error Message:
This Service Pack cannot be integrated into a destination that also has integrated Software Updates
Did you ever get the chance to boot to the CD? I did the same thing and managed to make the intergrated CD but get and error while booting to it right before it gets to the windows setup.
Please do. I made about 10 different ones with all sorts of different changes and kept getting the error after it was booted and towards the end of copying the files. Right before you get to the screen that asks if you want to setup XP. It would boot and copy for several minutes then the error. If I remember correctly it was a corrupted
USBEHCI or something like that.
On my home page: http://vbdotnet.home.comcast.net/ I created 2 pages – 1 for creating an SP2 slipstream CD from the Dell Reinstallation CD, and another for SP2 related issues with Symantec products.
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Posted August 14th, 2004 23:00
Would that work for XP Pro?
amajamar