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From: News123 on 22 Apr 2010 18:25 Hi Philo, philo wrote: > News123 wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use sysprep the frirst time in my life. >> >> . . . >> >> No my question: >> >> My CD is XP + SP2 only. >> >> My XP did meanwhile update to SP3. >> >> How shall I proceed? >> >> I found instructions to download SP3 , but the file I found was no iso >> image. >> >> >> thanks in advance for any suggestions >> >> >> >> N > > > > Just create a new XP cd with sp3 slipstreamed into it > > > here is an easy to use utility > > http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml Thanks for your answer. I bookmarked your link. I'll try it as soon as I have time again to play
From: News123 on 22 Apr 2010 18:28 Hi Raoul. Raoul Watson wrote: > News123 wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use sysprep the frirst time in my life. >> >> . . . >> >> No my question: >> >> My CD is XP + SP2 only. >> >> My XP did meanwhile update to SP3. >> >> How shall I proceed? >> >> I found instructions to download SP3 , but the file I found was no iso >> image. >> >> >> thanks in advance for any suggestions >> >> >> >> N > > My qestion would be what is your primary goal on doing sysprep? > > 1. Are you planing on making a master image for deployment or creation > of similar machines? Yes, I want to copy a machine to another PC (identical hardware) and configure it then with a new license key. > > 2. Are you planning on making a master image for backup purposes? > > If your goal is just to clone a whole bunch of machines, simply get the > Sysprep and place it on the C drive inside a directory called Sysprep. Well, that's my question. How to get the correct sysprep for SP3 without the CD. On the MS side I did not find a CD image. THus I don't know where to find the syspep executable. > > > If your goal is to make a backup, don't sysprep, just get a good backup > program such as Acronis TrueImage or Ghost. For a sysbackup I use a linux boot disk and dd. Not elegant, but good enough for my purposes. bye N
From: philo on 22 Apr 2010 20:30 News123 wrote: > Hi Philo, > > > > >>> My XP did meanwhile update to SP3. >>> >>> How shall I proceed? >>> >>> I found instructions to download SP3 , but the file I found was no iso >>> image. >>> >>> >>> thanks in advance for any suggestions >>> >>> >>> >>> N >> >> >> Just create a new XP cd with sp3 slipstreamed into it >> >> >> here is an easy to use utility >> >> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml > > > Thanks for your answer. > I bookmarked your link. > > > I'll try it as soon as I have time again to play OK the utility is a lot easier to use than the old, manual method of slipstreaming
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