windows upgrade with sp2

Hello

I have windows upgrade with SP1. I purchased a new motherboard last summer.
If I restore windows using Ghost image then it runs really nicely no
problem. If I reload windows then it shows and dies as it needs windows
loaded with SP2 pre installed. I tried over 6 days and it always was the
same.

If I buy windows XP upgrade with SP2 I feel it will work. However I notice
that the full XP with SP2 on Amazon came out a year later then the upgrade
verison. So my question is, does anyone know if the XP upgrade is fully
intergated with SP2, or is the SP2 part merely an addon, in which case I
would be best off buying the full verison which I know is intergated.

Many thanks

Malcolm

"yokochanie" <yokochanie@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have windows upgrade with SP1. I purchased a new motherboard last summer. If
> I restore windows using Ghost image then it runs really nicely no problem. If
> I reload windows then it shows and dies as it needs windows loaded with SP2
> pre installed. I tried over 6 days and it always was the same.
>
> If I buy windows XP upgrade with SP2 I feel it will work. However I notice
> that the full XP with SP2 on Amazon came out a year later then the upgrade
> verison. So my question is, does anyone know if the XP upgrade is fully
> intergated with SP2, or is the SP2 part merely an addon, in which case I would
> be best off buying the full verison which I know is intergated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Malcolm

You don't have to purchase a second copy of XP. All you need to do is use your
XP SP1 upgrade CD and "slipstream" the SP2 files into its contents. You can then
create a new installation CD that will now include SP2.

Take a look at the following web site for more info on creating a slipstreamed
XP installation CD.

Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Here are some of the files you'll need to obtain in order to follow this
procedure:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and
Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx

AutoStreamer 1.0.33
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1

CDBurner XP
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php

Here are some other resources you might want to take a look at:

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...ostreamer.html

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Slipstreaming Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Create Bootable CD
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windo...p2-bootcd.html

How can I slipstream service packs into the Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 media?
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000_...pstreaming.htm

Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49

Good luck

Nepatsfan

yokochanie wrote:
> I have windows upgrade with SP1. I purchased a new motherboard last
> summer. If I restore windows using Ghost image then it runs really
> nicely no problem. If I reload windows then it shows and dies as it
> needs windows loaded with SP2 pre installed. I tried over 6 days
> and it always was the same.
>
> If I buy windows XP upgrade with SP2 I feel it will work. However I
> notice that the full XP with SP2 on Amazon came out a year later
> then the upgrade verison. So my question is, does anyone know if
> the XP upgrade is fully intergated with SP2, or is the SP2 part
> merely an addon, in which case I would be best off buying the full
> verison which I know is intergated.

Why not slipstream/integrate SP2 into your Windows XP installation media and
create a new installation media of your own?

(Google "slipstream SP2 into Windows XP")...

It's free, it's easy and certainly seems to make more sense than buying
another license for Windows XP for the free service pack...

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