Integrate (SlipStream) Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2

and

Create Bootable Installation CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5

Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 can be integrated (slipstreamed) into the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation so the service pack will be installed along with (at the same time) operating system without need to install the service pack separately.

The following instructions illustrate the main steps for integrating Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 update into the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation.

1. Extract Microsoft® Windows® XP from Installation CD
2. Extract Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 Update
3. Integrate (SlipStream) Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 into Microsoft® Windows® XP Installation
4. Update Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 Support and Deployment Tools (optional)
5. Creating Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 Bootable Installation CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5

      Nero Specific Instructions at Windows-Help.NET

ü           Equipment & Supplies

ü           References

Note:

Operating System Reinstallation CD, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, Including Service Pack 1, DELL P/N 5W623,

is used as the extraction source in this illustration.  This CD came with DELL Inspiron 8600, September 2003.

1.1.     To extract Microsoft® Windows® XP from an installation CD, start ISO Buster and extract the folder with ISO type designation.
e.g. ISO XPSP1_PER_ENG

1.1.1.      Insert Microsoft® Windows® XP Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

1.1.2.      Start Smart Projects’ ISO Buster

1.1.3.      Select the Microsoft® Windows® XP folder with ISO type designation.  (ISO XPSP1_PER_ENG in this illustration)

1.1.4.      Right-click on the folder and select
Extract XPSP1_PER_ENG

1.1.5.      Select a location for the extraction.
Local Disk (C:)

1.1.6.      The following status window is displayed during the extraction process.

1.1.7.      When the extraction process finishes no confirmation is displayed.

1.2.     To extract boot image from the Microsoft® Windows® XP from an installation CD, start ISO Buster and extract the Bootable CD folder.

1.2.1.      Insert Microsoft® Windows® XP Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

1.2.2.      Start Smart Projects’ ISO Buster

1.2.3.      Select the Bootable CD folder.

1.2.4.      Right-click the folder and select
Extract Bootable CD

1.2.5.      Select a location for the extraction.
Local Disk (C:)

1.2.6.      The following status window is displayed during the extraction process.

1.2.7.      When the extraction process finishes no confirmation is displayed.

2.1.     To extract Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 update to a folder, run the update executable with the /X option.
e.g. C:\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /X

2.1.1.      From the Start Menu select Run….

2.1.2.      Browse to the folder containing the Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 update executable, e.g. C:\, and run it with the /X option.

2.1.3.      Select a location for the extraction.
C:\XPSP2_Update

2.1.4.      The following status window is displayed during the extraction process.

2.1.5.      When the extraction process finishes the following confirmation is displayed.

Notes:

If a Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 integrated installation CD was used as the extraction source, the service pack 2 integration process does not automatically remove some service pack 1 files from the integrated installation.  -  \SPNOTES.HTM,  \WIN51IC.SP1,  \I386\SP1.CAB,  \I386\SP1.CAT,  \I386\SVCPACK.INF,  \I386\SVCPACK\,  \I386\HOTFIXES\

If \I386\SVCPACK.IN_ does not exist it may need to be acquired from a non-integrated Microsoft® Windows® XP installation CD.

3.1.     To display help, run UPDATE with the /help or /? option.  e.g. C:\XPSP2_Update\i386\Update\Update /help

3.1.1.      From the Start Menu, select Run….

3.1.2.      Browse to the Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 update folder, e.g. C:\XPSP2_Update\i386\Update, and run either of the following.

1. UPDATE /help

- or -

2. UPDATE /?

3.1.3.      The Service Pack 2 Setup help is displayed.

3.2.     To integrate (slipstream) the service pack into the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation, run UPDATE with the /integrate option, and path to the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation extracted from CD.
e.g. C:\XPSP2_Update\i386\Update\Update /integrate:C:\XPSP1_PER_ENG

3.2.1.      From the Start Menu, select Run….

3.2.2.      Browse to the Microsoft® Windows XP Service Pack 2 update folder, e.g. C:\XPSP2_Update\i386\Update, and run UPDATE with the /integrate option, and path to the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation extracted from CD.

3.2.3.      The following status window is displayed during the integration process.

3.2.4.      When the integration process finishes the following confirmation is displayed.

3.3.     Rename the newly integrated installation folder to reflect the Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 integration.
For instance rename the folder C:\XPSP1_PER_ENG to C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG

4.1.     To display help for the Support Tools Setup, run WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe /?

4.1.1.      From the Start Menu, select Run…

4.1.2.      Browse to the folder containing the Support Tools update executable, e.g. C:\, and run it with the /? option.

4.1.3.      Windows Support Tools Setup Wizard help is displayed.

4.2.     To apply the Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools to the installation, extract the support tools into the Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 installation \SUPPORT\TOOLS\ folder, e.g. C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS\.
e.g. WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe /C /T:C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS

4.2.1.      From the Start Menu, select Run…

4.2.2.      Browse to the folder containing the Support Tools update executable, e.g. C:\, and run it with the /C option.
e.g. WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe /C

4.2.3.      Select a location for the extraction.
C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS
(if the target path, /T option, is included on the command line this step is bypassed)

4.2.4.Click the Yes or Yes To All button to overwrite the previous version files.

4.2.5.      The following status window is displayed during the extraction process.

4.3.     To apply the Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools to the installation, copy the deployment tools CAB file into the Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 installation \SUPPORT\TOOLS\ folder, e.g. C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS\.

1. Using Windows Explorer:

1.      Rename the deployment tools CAB file, WindowsXP-KB838080-SP2-DeployTools-ENU.cab, to DEPLOY.CAB

2.      Move the deployment tools CAB file, DEPLOY.CAB to the C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS\ folder.

- or -

2. Using Command Prompt:

1.      Copy WindowsXP-KB838080-SP2-DeployTools-ENU.cab C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB

5.1.     Insert a blank CD into the CD-ROM drive.

5.2.     Start Easy CD Creator 5 (5.3.4.21.SP28)

5.3.     Go to File -> New CD Project -> Bootable CD.

5.3.1.      In the ‘Choose Type of Bootable CD’ dialog window:

ü      Select ‘No Emulation as the ‘Bootable CD Type’

ü      Set ‘Load Segment’ to ‘0x7C0’

ü      Set ‘Sector Count’ to ‘4’.

ü      Click the ‘Browse’ button and browse to location of the boot image file extracted from the Microsoft® Windows® XP installation CD.  (C:\Bootable CD\Dell.img)

5.4.     Go to ‘File’ -> ‘CD Project Properties’.

5.4.1.      On the ‘General Tab’, In the ‘CD Project Properties’ dialog window.

ü      Enter a volume label (XPSP2_PER_ENG)

ü      Select ‘Joliet’ File System

ü      Select ‘Automatically import previous session’

ü      Select ‘Validate source files before recording’

ü      Select Mode 1: CDROM

5.4.2.      I made no changes on the ‘File System’ tab.

5.4.3.      I made no changes on the ‘File Types’ tab.

5.5.     Using the folder and file windows (upper left and upper right window panes) of Easy CD Creator, browse to location of the integrated (slipstreamed) Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 installation.  (C:\XPSP2_PER_ENG)

5.5.1.      Select and add the files to the project.  (do not need to re-add the boot image file again).

5.5.2.      Press the red ‘Record’ button.

5.6.     Make the following selections in the Record CD Setup dialog window, then press the ‘Start Recording’ button.

ü      Buffer underrun prevention

ü      Record CD

ü      Track-At-Once

ü      Finalize CD

5.6.1.      If you get the following message about exceeding maximum directory depth (8), click the ‘Yes’ button to continue.

”The directory “I386\ASM\52\policy\msft\windows\networking\dxmrtp\dxmrtp.cat” exceeds the maximum depth of directories (8).  This may cause problems reading the CD in some operating systems.  Do you wish to continue?”

5.6.2.      The following status window is displayed during the CD file system generation process.

5.6.3.      The following status window is displayed during the CD writing track process.

5.6.4.      The following status window is displayed during the CD finalizing process.

5.6.5.      The following status window is displayed when the CD burning process is finished.

5.6.6.      Creation of the bootable Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Installation CD is now complete.

Note:

Operating System Reinstallation CD, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, Including Service Pack 1, DELL P/N 5W623,

is used as the extraction source in this illustration.  This CD came with DELL Inspiron 8600, September 2003.