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Preliminary Windows XP Service Pack 3 slipstreaming guide

Apr. 29, 2008 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

I've posted, but not linked to, a preliminary version of my Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) slipstreaming guide. I'm curious if anyone's interested in testing this procedure. I've done so on several systems, both from within Vista and XP, and have had reproducible success. However, I don't have every permutation of XP Setup disc there is, and I can only do so much. I want to make sure this really works before unleashing it on the masses.

Besides, Microsoft sort-of "pulled" the public SP3 download today so this update is in limbo for a few more days. What the heck.

Anyway... Let me know if you see anything that's obviously wrong. And if anyone has any ideas about integrating IE 7 and WMP 11 as well, I'm all ears.

Thanks,

Paul

Discuss this Article 8

dannyres
on Apr 29, 2008
There are big issues with slipstreaming on an OS other than the specific version you are slipstreaming apparently. So if you are slipstreaming XP Pro VL you need to do it on XP Pro VL and so on. I personally think it would be better to use the Microsoft tool oscdimg.exe to create a disk image and then write it with a program such as ImgBurn or Nero. I'm not sure if you are allowed to distribute oscdimg.exe though. Its available in the WAIK, which is free so it should be fine? Other than that it isn't really important to extract the service pack files, you can just run the /integrate switch on the main installer exe. Also maybe you could add a section showing which files can be deleted e.g WIN51IP.SP2 and so on.
rseiler
on Apr 29, 2008
Yes, and that's what causes those serial number issues he mentioned later in the article. Even though it only pertains to VL slipstreams, it needs to be made clear that in this case Vista will not do at all.
ajwreinhardt
on Apr 29, 2008
Paul. I am one of those who does not have SP2 CDs of the copies of XP that I would want to integrate...I have a XP Pro Upgrade that was bought right after launch, and I have an XP Pro Full Retail SP1 CD. Why wouldn't it be possible for us to integrate SP2 with these discs, and then integrate SP3 into that? This is a huge oversight, because I suspect that there are far more pre-SP2 XP CDs floating around than MS may think.
ajwreinhardt
on Apr 30, 2008
Another thing...maybe it's related to this whole issue of using only SP2 CDs, but a problem I run into with these old CDs izs that the IDE driver on the boot CD image is pre-Big Drive extensions. In other words, it cannot see beyond 130GB of my 250GB hard drive. And I doubt slipstreaming would fix this, either, but would there be any way to fix this?
Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2008
"I'm not sure if you are allowed to distribute oscdimg.exe though. Its available in the WAIK, which is free so it should be fine?" cdburn.exe is also included in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit too (also free). It's a good match for oscdimg.exe. "but would there be any way to fix this?" Get a new BIOS. I can guarantee you that XP works just fine on disks bigger than 130GB (I've installed Windows XP several times on disks sized up to 1TB). It's your motherboard BIOS not supporting 48-bit LBA (ATA-6). How old is the computer anyway?
war59312
on Apr 30, 2008
Hi, I use my script, a heck of a lot easier. :) CLS @echo off TITLE Setting UP ISO Image ECHO. ECHO Integrating Service Pack ECHO. ECHO Push Enter If You Wish To Start ECHO. PAUSE ECHO. %systemdrive%\WINDOWSXP-KB936929-SP3-X86-ENU.exe -s:%systemdrive%\NRMEVOL_EN\ ECHO Push Enter If Your Are Sure You Want To Create ISO Image ECHO. PAUSE ECHO. ECHO Removing Read Only And Hidden Attributes Set On "%systemdrive%\NRMEVOL_EN" And Its SubFolders attrib -r -h "%systemdrive%\NRMEVOL_EN\*.*" /S /D ECHO. ECHO Creating ISO Image... CDIMAGE.EXE -lNRMEVOL_EN -t12/31/2002,12:00:00 -h -j1 -m -o -bxpboot.img "%systemdrive%\NRMEVOL_EN" %systemdrive%\NRMEVOL_EN.ISO ECHO. PAUSE EXIT Enjoy, Will
dancostea
on Apr 30, 2008
There is also a good free tool, named NLite (http://www.nliteos.com/), perfect for slipstreaming and OS customization.
jakthebomb
on May 1, 2008
I was able to slipstream a RTM version of XP Pro Volume License. That is no SP 1 or 2 already on the disc, with SP3. I used nLite and it allowed me to integrate IE7 and WMP 11 on to the install CD as well! "How to integrate WMP11 Download the WMP11 installer from Microsoft, install the WMP11 Slipstreamer then simply run nLite and insert the WMP11 installer into the Hotfixes page. How to integrate IE7 Download the IE7 installer from Microsoft and insert it into the nLite Hotfixes page, simple as that." It works like a charm. One problem I did notice was that I could not skip typing in the volume license key. I thought that was a new feature in SP3.

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