Slipstreaming a Recovery installation disk

Hi readers,
are you all busy downloading XP SP3, I have already done
this yesterday and installed it on one computer,
everything went smoothly it took about an hour to complete the job. It has
been available on the Majorgeeks site since the 23/4.

I have several computers ,2 desktops one being a dell & Asus/AMD plus a
Toshiba laptop so I still have some work to do.

Problems I think i see is slipstreaming SP3 with Toshiba recovery disk ,as i
believe the files are zipped on the disk, and when using
the said disk to install, it unpacks the files for installation. This might
also apply to the dell disk .

Anyone out there have any ideas to overcome this situation , suggestion,
ideas are welcome. I don't know as yet to overome the ZIP files.
I have previously slipstreamed SP2 with XP home, a long time ago but now I
am using XP Pro

deejaydee

deejaydee wrote :
>
> Problems I think i see is slipstreaming SP3 with Toshiba recovery disk ,as i
> believe the files are zipped on the disk, and when using
> the said disk to install, it unpacks the files for installation. This might
> also apply to the dell disk .
>

If the install program unzips the i386 folder to the hard drive, you
can create an install CD from that, and then slipstream the service
pack.


/klaus

deejaydee wrote:
> Hi Reader,
> are you all busy downloading XP SP3, I have
> already done this yesterday and installed it on one computer,
> everything went smoothly it took about an hour to complete the job.
> It has been available on the Majorgeeks site since the 23/4.
>
> I have several computers ,2 desktops one being a dell & Asus/AMD
> plus a Toshiba laptop so I still have some work to do.
>
> Problems I think i see is slipstreaming SP3 with Toshiba recovery
> disk ,as i believe the files are zipped on the disk, and when using
> the said disk to install, it unpacks the files for installation.
> This might also apply to the dell disk .
>
> Anyone out there have any ideas to overcome this situation ,
> suggestion, ideas are welcome. I don't know as yet to overome the
> ZIP files. I have previously slipstreamed SP2 with XP home, a long time
> ago
> but now I am using XP Pro

....

If it is a recovery disk (as you say) and not a true installation disk - it
is probably more trouble than it is worth (if possible at all) to integrate
SP3 into it. The OEM (Toshiba in your case) created their own special
method to restore the OS and applications. It could be an imaging process
for that matter... So you may be stuck with the best answer being "keep a
copy of the SP3 installation file on CD for immediate install after
restoration".

Also - use an imaging application and make an image every so often of your
completely working and completely happy PC - then you can restore quickly
back to that point in time and use your more frequent and consistent file
backups to catch up the rest of the way.

In the future - I suggest making sure your new computers come with actual
installation media (insist on it before buying it) and then you won't be in
this situation.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you chaps for a speedy reply,
i have just been checking out laptop for i386 folder , it is available soon
as i click on C drive along with other folders,
Intel , Toshiba , Support, Valueadd, Windows, Docs & Settings. Would i need
the windows folder to intergrate.

After intergration ,i could open file and add the other folders, before
burning, would that be the way to go

thank you Klaus for enlightening an old mans dead brain

deejaydee

"Klaus Jorgensen" <kj@no.spam> wrote in message
news:mn.e40f7d8484ac7242.68573@no.spam...
> deejaydee wrote :
>>
>> Problems I think i see is slipstreaming SP3 with Toshiba recovery disk
>> ,as i believe the files are zipped on the disk, and when using
>> the said disk to install, it unpacks the files for installation. This
>> might also apply to the dell disk .
>>
>
> If the install program unzips the i386 folder to the hard drive, you can
> create an install CD from that, and then slipstream the service pack.
>
>
> /klaus
>
>

deejaydee wrote :
>
> i have just been checking out laptop for i386 folder , it is available soon
> as i click on C drive along with other folders,
> Intel , Toshiba , Support, Valueadd, Windows, Docs & Settings. Would i need
> the windows folder to intergrate.
>

Follow the steps in this document:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml

I did that for a Fujitsu-Siemens installation a couple of months back.


/klaus

Big thank you Klaus,
checked on that link you provided ,
downloaded it and saved it ,
also printed it out. Looking highly probable.

bye
deejaydee

"Klaus Jorgensen" <kj@no.spam> wrote in message
news:mn.e4907d84495d3846.68573@no.spam...
> deejaydee wrote :
>>
>> i have just been checking out laptop for i386 folder , it is available
>> soon as i click on C drive along with other folders,
>> Intel , Toshiba , Support, Valueadd, Windows, Docs & Settings. Would i
>> need the windows folder to intergrate.
>>
>
> Follow the steps in this document:
> http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml
>
> I did that for a Fujitsu-Siemens installation a couple of months back.
>
>
> /klaus
>
>