A Job for nLite
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I have a problem installing Windows XP Pro. I started with an Intel D975XBX motherboard and could not get XP to install. It would BSOD every time at 38 percent completed and then just stop. I tried every conceivable hardware configuration possible with no success. I purchased another Intel board, a DP43TF, with the same results loading XP Pro. In exasperation I purchased an MSI motherboard and XP loaded without a hitch and is working fine. I wanted to build another computer and purchased a new Intel quad-core CPU. I tried both motherboards with the same results. I contacted Intel tech support and was told that to load XP Pro with an Intel motherboard you need an install disc with at least SP2. This provides the drivers for the PCI Express ports, which SP1 does not have, and that is why it’s blue-screening. Is this true? If it is, how do I get a copy of XP Pro with SP2 on it? I have five versions of the OS, all with SP1 or earlier. I do not want to pay a $59 service fee to obtain a copy of SP2 when you can download it for free. Can you give me some help in getting the right disc? I am tired of giving money to either Intel or Microsoft.
—Gary Lichtenstein
Intel, apparently, speaks the truth. Although it’s confusing to the Doc why it doesn’t slip up your MSI board (assuming that it’s an Intel chipset, too), we did confirm issues trying to install XP Pro onto a modern Intel motherboard with just SP1 integrated on the disc. Moving to SP2 or SP3 worked fine. So how do you do it for free, Gary?
Provided you have your install CD and an Internet connection, there’s an easy solution. Nlite (www.nliteos.com) allows you to create a slipstreamed Windows XP installation disc that includes the latest Service Pack files and patches, as well as drivers for your hardware. You’ll need a PC with a CD burner and an Internet connection, access to your XP disc, and a copy of the SP3 install file from Microsoft’s website. We have detailed instructions here.
Using nLite to create a slipstreamed Windows install disc is easy and saves you the hassle of having to re-apply Service Packs every time you do a clean install.
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dread_ire
September 02, 2009 at 5:43pm
If all you want to do is slipstream your XP disk, just use the built in method that your SP2 or SP3 installer already has. There is a very comprehensive article I found here that documents the process. It even tells you how to remove the old SP files and update the tools on the disk.
I like having non-n-lited virgin copies as a base to work from as n-lite loads additional files into your OS on install. Also the disks canot be updated with new SPs or hotfixes, you always have to go back to your original disk and re-n-lite.
Using the Microsoft built-in method you end up with a new XP cd that you can integrate other hotfixes into and there are no non-microsoft files installed during the OS install.
dethdeks
September 02, 2009 at 7:19pm
how do you figure that you have to go back to your disk to update it ? the only time it does this is if you take components out of the install disk when n-liting it iv used n-lite on over 60 disks and never had any problem with updating system files ie going from sp2 to sp3. the only time i did was with vlite and vista but that was because the person i got the vista disk from had already vlited it and removed a ton of components so it made it not upgradeable ie pre sp1 to sp1/sp2 the doc isnt telling him to remove compontents hes only telling him to add in sp2/3 into it.
lostcause64
September 02, 2009 at 4:44pm
I ran into this a few years ago when I was building a new Intel 965 system. Fortunately, I'd just read about slipstreaming SP2 into my vanilla XP Pro disk in Max PC and wanted to try it out. Not only did the article work perfectly for me, but so did the new XP disk it made.
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