install COA mixing

[John Walsh]

I have an original WinXP CD and have bought a new 300Gb disk,
but this WinXP CD will not recognise this large disk to install onto.

If I get a WinXP CD with SP2 - will I be able to install from that
and register it with the license key (COA) from my original WinXP
CD ?

Thanks,
John.

 

[Nepatsfan]

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I have an original WinXP CD and have bought a new 300Gb disk,
but this WinXP CD will not recognise this large disk to
install onto.

If I get a WinXP CD with SP2 - will I be able to install from
that
and register it with the license key (COA) from my original
WinXP
CD ?

Thanks,
John.

You need to create a "slipstreamed" 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/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

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

CDBurner XPPro
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/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.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/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-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_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

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

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have an original WinXP CD and have bought a new 300Gb disk,
but this WinXP CD will not recognise this large disk to install onto.

If I get a WinXP CD with SP2 - will I be able to install from that
and register it with the license key (COA) from my original WinXP
CD ?

No, this is not likely to work unless it is the same type (retail, specific
OEM, etc).

Slipstream your CD to SP2 and do the install. Download both the full SP2
installer and Autostreamer, and it can be a quick task.

Note that some OEM versions of the XP install CDs can't be slipstreamed.

HTH
-pk

 

[smlunatick]

No, this is not likely to work unless it is the same type (retail, specific
OEM, etc).

Slipstream your CD to SP2 and do the install. Download both the full SP2
installer and Autostreamer, and it can be a quick task.

Note that some OEM versions of the XP install CDs can't be slipstreamed.

HTH
-pk






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Which type of OEM install CDs? I have yet to seee a valid OEM install
CD which did not let me do a slipstream. Only CDs I've seen that will
not let us slipstream service packs are those Recovery CDs. However,
these Recovery CDs are / should not be considered as install CDs.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Which type of OEM install CDs? I have yet to seee a valid OEM install
CD which did not let me do a slipstream.

Dell CDs often will not slipstream. If you try, and I've tried repeatedly
with different systems and CDs, you get a message that the disc cannot be
slipstreamed because other updates have already been applied. The
actual text is:
"'This Service Pack cannot be integrated into a destination that also has
integrated Software Updates.'"

Dell already slipstreamed the CD partially, and the SP2 slipstream can't
deal with it.

Only CDs I've seen that will
not let us slipstream service packs are those Recovery CDs. However,
these Recovery CDs are / should not be considered as install CDs.

Agreed, and they aren't what I'm referring to.

-pk