Hybrid+Installation+CD

This creates a CD which is updated with all you udateds unlike your origional which was the basic from where you started. This means that you can re-instal XP without losing all your data etc.
 * Hybrid Installation CD **

It may be longwinded but you may I sometime be very glad that you made the effort

I will post later how to use this CD later

Hybrid Installation CD Named as:- Slipstreaming

This creates another installation disc which can be updated and modified

Creating a new hybrid installation CD is surprisingly easy a point and click exercise with only a few tricky parts. ( Lengthy so tedious )

In fact, in most ways, this method of pre-patching an installation CD is basically the same process software vendors use to produce an updated version of their installation software.

Before you begin, you'll need the following:-

1) A legitimate XP setup CD (almost any variation will work: Pro or Home; retail or OEM; full install CD or upgrade CD; etc.) 2) A CD burner, blank CD, and software capable of creating a bootable CD (eg. Nero, Roxio, etc.) 3) About a gigabyte of free space on your hard drive for temporary file storage. (This space can be recovered after you've made your new CD.)

Step One: - Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the top level of your hard drive, or to some other suitable location that is easy to get back to.

Step Two:- Create a new folder. You will use this new folder to hold the components of your CD project. You can give it any name, but for clarity, call it XPSP2 as an example.

Step Three: - Open the newly created XPSP2 folder. Inside, create three new (empty) folders; name them Root, Boot, and SP2. These folders will house various components that later will be combined into a new, pre-patched setup CD.

Copying Files, Folders

Step Four:- Put your original, un-patched XP installation CD in the CD drive; copy all of its files and folders to the new "Root" folder which you just created in Step Three. (i.e. C:\XPSP2\ROOT )

Step Five: - Open the Root folder; you will see the files that have just been copied from the installation CD. Click to open the Support folder; then click to open the Tools folder inside that. Delete the file named "deploy.cab" inside the Tools folder. (In other words, delete: -C:\XPSP2\ROOT\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB )

Step Six:- Download the (free) "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools" from Microsoft. []

Download an Install Package

Step Seven:- The file you download In Step Six will have a name such as:- "WindowsXP-KB838080-SP2-DeployTools-ENU.cab". Rename this to "deploy.cab" and copy it into the C:\XPSP2\ROOT\SUPPORT\TOOLS\ folder, Replacing the "deploy.cab" you previously deleted there.

Step Eight:- Download the (free):- "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers" from Microsoft. []

Download the file to the:- C:\XPSP2 folder; or if you downloaded it elsewhere, copy it into the C:\XPSP2 folder. Once it's there, rename the downloaded file (which is named something like WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe ) to:- "SP2.EXE"

Step Nine: - Extract the Service pack files to the SP2 folder: Click Start/Run, and then type without the quotes this command in the Run box: “C:\XPSP2\SP2.EXE /U /X:C:\XPSP2\SP2” Click OK, and the self-extracting SP2.exe file will unpack its contents into the SP2 folder.

Step Ten:- Use XP's built-in "Update" tool to apply the SP2 patches to the original XP setup files. Click Start/Run and type without the quotes the following command in the Run box: “C:\XPSP2\SP2\I386\UPDATE\UPDATE.EXE /S:C:\XPSP2\ROOT”

Windows will open an "Updating Your Windows Share" dialog, and will show you the progress of the patching. When it's done, the SP2 patches will be seamlessly integrated with the original XP setup files

Step 11:- In addition to the content files, which you created in steps 1-10 above, you also need the actual boot code. You can get a CD boot code files. Here:-[].

It's a standard ZIP file; Open the file and copy the compressed file inside, called "boot.ima" to the folder:- C:\XPSP2\BOOT you previously created.

Step 12: - Start your CD burner utility

Step 13: - Select File/New Project/Bootable Disc. When the dialog opens, set Bootable Disc Type:- to No Emulation. Click the ">>Advanced" button, and set the Load Segment:- to 0x000 and the Sector Count: - to 4. Then click "Browse" where the dialog asks you to:- "locate the image file that contains the bootable image." Browse/navigate to C:\XPSP2\BOOT. Click on the "boot.ima" file you placed there in Step Eleven, and then click "Open" and "OK."

Step 14:- Click to File/Project Properties. This opens one dialog with several tabs, and many choices and sub choices. Basically, you use this dialog to set up the new CD to match the characteristics of your original XP setup CD.

For example, if your original XP setup CD is an unpatched, retail, full-install version, its volume label is probably "WXPFPP_EN," so that is what you would enter in the "Volume Label" portion of the dialog box.

You can simply check your original CD with Windows Explorer to see the volume label, or you can figure it out from the comprehensive list at []

Likewise, set the other features in this dialog to match that of the original setup CD:-

File System = Joliet Physical format of CD = Mode 1: CDROM Click Advanced, and enter the following: Publisher Name = MICROSOFT_CORPORATION Prepared By = MICROSOFT_CORPORATION The remaining default settings are probably OK, but to be sure: Select "Use original file date." Select "All Files" under the "File Filter" tab. Uncheck/tick not add Hidden files" and "Do not add System files." When you're done, click OK.

Step 15: - You are almost done. You have already added the boot image files to the project in Step thirteen; now select and add all the files and folders in the:- C:\XPSP2\ROOT folder to the burn project, and click "Burn to disc."

Step 16:- The final dialog then opens, and offers a few last choices. If they are not already selected, select :- "Record CD" under "Record Options," and "Disc-at-Once" under "Record Methods." Click OK, and you have finished. Note:- The burning software may complain about the "folder depth" being too many levels deep Ignore this warning, as it has no effect on the usability of this CD.

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