slowday444 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Although I'm pretty well covered in the backup department with AyRecovery, one of the three "snapshot" clones and Norton Ghost, my original system installation CD is XP SP1. If I wanted to reformat, it would take a day to catch up to SP3 and slipstreaming first wouldn't be any better. Indeed, the "how to's" out there right now actually mention that they don't know if SP1 to SP3 would work. So my question is: Can you a purchase an XP3 CD, even from MS, for a reasonable price anywhere or are you relegated to just slipstreaming your original CD? Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 http://www.nliteos.com/index.html It allows you to make slipstream disk and install up to XP SP3 on discs so you can be updated from the get go. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalj Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Can you a purchase an XP3 CD, even from MS, for a reasonable price anywhere or are you relegated to just slipstreaming your original CD? Here's a place where you can buy it. (price is almost the same in other paces) Piriform Software User Guides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted June 15, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 15, 2009 Are we talking XP SP3 here, and not the Operating System itself? You can download an SP3 ISO Image from below and burn it to disk. This is the one I used to install SP3, and I also have it there on CD as a backup. Of course it's free. Microsoft have released the XP SP3 as an ISO image, which enables you to download, burn to a disc with your regular burning software and then install from your CD, rather than from an installer package. This CD contains all the fixes, updates and security hotfixes released previously, so it’s a large file at around 540MB. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Download/114...xp-sp-3-cd.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalj Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 You can download an SP3 ISO Image from below and burn it to disk. This is the one I used to install SP3, and I also have it there on CD as a backup. Of course it's free. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Download/114...xp-sp-3-cd.aspx You mean this. It's just the SP3 update. Piriform Software User Guides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted June 15, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 15, 2009 Yes it's Service Pack 3. Going by the first couple of sentences of slowdays original post, I'm guessing he may mean SP3 and not XP3, which is why I asked the question... Are we talking XP SP3 here, and not the Operating System itself? ... and hence the answer I gave, and if I'm wrong, no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 http://www.nliteos.com/index.html It allows you to make slipstream disk and install up to XP SP3 on discs so you can be updated from the get go. AJ Woa, I guess I'd slipstream or just get a new pc! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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