BSOD While Installing XP

[dctokyo]

What Is A Slipstreamed Installation CD?
Think of your installation CD as providing a stream of data to your computer to set up the operating system. On the day XP was released the data stream was up to date and current. As months have gone by, upgrades and fixes have been issued to make your system more stable and secure. SP2 or SP3 is a compilation of those updates and fixes. Slipstreaming 'slips' these new bits of data from SP2 or SP3 into the 'stream' of data that the original CD provided, effectively merging the two into one XP Installation CD ROM. A slipstreamed CD is used just like any other Windows installation CD. Without a slipstreamed CD when you go to Windows Update you might find many Critical Updates are needed.
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You just need to install a full version with SP2 or SP3 on it................... SP1 will not work I think


info Create A Bootable Windows XP Installation CD Slipstreamed with SP2 or SP3

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/...ack-2-sp2.aspx

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How...P-installation

http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windo...ce_Pack_3.html

[jedihobbit]

Thanks dctokyo, sadly, for me, looks like you right. Have XP Pro SP1a coming but you say it has to be 2 or 3 correct? Need to pickup some media and see if this software challenged senior can figure it out!

Have another system thats needs attention anyway.........

[dctokyo]

Thanks dctokyo, sadly, for me, looks like you right. Have XP Pro SP1a coming but you say it has to be 2 or 3 correct? Need to pickup some media and see if this software challenged senior can figure it out!

Have another system thats needs attention anyway.........

Hi again jedihobbit

Please read this link, it is not so hard to slipstream a CD. It is for SP2 but to use SP3 is the same. You can always just do SP2 and then once the OS is installed then just update to SP3 later.
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/...ack-2-sp2.aspx

[jedihobbit]

Thanks dctokyo!

Well the mem and GPU are out of the equation. Both primary sets that would be used in this build each ran several times through memtest without errors and tried the onboard vid with same results.

[jedihobbit]

It is Official.......Win7 Ultimate 64bit loads without issue. So guess that means I will definately have to slipstream my old copies of XP if I ever expect to use them again!

However now I need to learn "the new way" sooner than I wanted.