Slipstreaming XP SP2

• Start with your the original CD of Windows XP (first edition, SP1 or SP1a). Copy all files from CD to a directory of your choice (example: D:\xp). Note also the Volume label of your CD.
• Now extract the boot image from CD. I use freeware Bart's Boot Image Extractor. It's command line. All you have to do is to change to a new directory (example d:\xpboot) of your choice and type:

bbie [drive]:

• Now download from Microsoft the administrative install version of Windows XP Service Pack 2. It's a big 260 file but you need it.
• Extract the content of the SP2 pack to a directory of your choice (example d:\sp2) by typing the following and specify target directory in the box that appears:

WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -x

• Sipstream SP2 into XP by first moving to the \i386\update directory of your unpacked sp2 directory (example d:\sp2\i386\update) and then typing:

update -S:D:\XP

• Some users like to make additionnal changes to their Windows setup at this point (change PID, include serial, customize, etc.), but we assume that you want to go directly to CD creation.
• To get a "genuine" and optimized ISO image, I use CDimage (48.96 Kb), a small console tool from the internal workshops of Microsoft. The command is:

CDIMAGE.EXE -l[volume label] -h -j1 -m -o -b[bootimage] [XP slipstreamed directory] [ISO to be created]

CDIMAGE.EXE -lVRMPFPP_EN -h -j1 -m -o -bd:\xpboot\image1.bin D:\XP "D:\WinXP Pro Retail EN SP2.ISO"