Slipstreaming Windows XP

Ivan · May 2008

Thrax · Jan 2009

How is it lagging out?: during the actual installation of Windows? On a specific screen?

Can you take a camera picture of that screen? :)

Welcome to Icrontic!

Jvince · Jan 2009

I didn't have a camera handy, and I've reverted back to SP2 for the moment, but here are a few more details:

During the windows install, after it's installed all the system devices, I hang up at "Installing network components". The blue progress bar gets to about 30% then it will hang there forever. I let it run overnight just to be sure. My normal XPsp2 install cd works fine, and that's the one I used as a source with nlite.

I tried another slipstream version this morning with the same results. That's odd, considering the very first time I tried this as a test on my test laptop everything worked great.

A few other notes:
-my first test showed the modern XP install screens, not the classic. No matter which option I chose last night and today I'm getting the classic install prompts.
-possibly related? My blown onboard LAN started working after a fresh install, but when I installed SP3, it went dead again. Maybe SP3 has an issue with this particular lan?

Thanks for the response and I look forward to browsing your forum daily!

-V

primesuspect · Jan 2009

Welcome to Icrontic :)

Thrax · Jan 2009

It is possible that SP3 is quirky with that LAN card. It's fussy with my Linksys WiFi drivers, so there's some corroborating evidence to prove that it's possible.

Did you slipstream your network drivers when making an SP3 disc?

Jvince said:
I didn't have a camera handy, and I've reverted back to SP2 for the moment, but here are a few more details:

During the windows install, after it's installed all the system devices, I hang up at "Installing network components". The blue progress bar gets to about 30% then it will hang there forever. I let it run overnight just to be sure. My normal XPsp2 install cd works fine, and that's the one I used as a source with nlite.

I tried another slipstream version this morning with the same results. That's odd, considering the very first time I tried this as a test on my test laptop everything worked great.

A few other notes:
-my first test showed the modern XP install screens, not the classic. No matter which option I chose last night and today I'm getting the classic install prompts.
-possibly related? My blown onboard LAN started working after a fresh install, but when I installed SP3, it went dead again. Maybe SP3 has an issue with this particular lan?

Thanks for the response and I look forward to browsing your forum daily!

-V

Jvince · Jan 2009

Nope, the Realtek Lan on my motherboard is detected fine with a normal XPsp2 install, so the drivers must already be there. However now that I think of it I might have removed some of the old "dead weight" drivers from the source disk.

If the slipstreamed XPsp3 disk doesn't support a driver will it hang like that? I always thought it just skipped over unknown devices and left the lovely "?" in device manger.

Either way I took the long route and did a Sp2 install and spent the day installing updates and obscure drivers :P. I'm definitely going to make a custom Xpsp3 disk again for this machine as well as my others but without testing it further I get the feeling that tracking down this particular issue might be tricky.

I'm thinking of starting fresh with another slipstream, this time only taking out a few things (not drivers this time) and adding the essential drivers I need (m.b., audio, video etc). Hopefully I won't need it anytime soon, but my data backup is current and I can always take the long route again if needed.

An alternate idea is to troubleshoot this on my older machine. I don't use it for anything other than studio recording so it's super easy to test on. Maybe I'll try another custom install and see if I can replicate the network issue. If not I'm guessing it's the driver conflict with sp3.

-V

Thrax · Jan 2009

One thing you might try is to find a newer driver for your card and slipstream that onto the disc. Also go out of your way to be sure that you've not removed any networking components. Though if you followed the guide exactly as indicated, it should be okay. I still use a very similar setup for my discs, and I'm able to use a wired network connection w/ DHCP without issue.

TL;DR -- I suspect an SP3/old-ass driver conflict.

Jvince · Jan 2009

Thanks, I'll be sure to check into that. If there is indeed a conflict with Sp3 and the onboard lan there has to be a driver upgrade out there (well, maybe :D). I did follow the guide pretty much to the letter, adding firefox, avg and some unattended setup stuff. That exact install worked on another machine of mine, so I'm leaning towards that lan drive issue as well.

Thanks again for the great original post as well as the prompt responses on the thread!

-V

David K · Feb 2009

After following the instructions, the resultant CD gets to "Setup is inspecting your hardware", then screen goes blank and nothing happens. I slipped the INTEL folder into windows. Left everything else defaulted. Burned to a CDRW.

However, I installed Windows 2k successfully, then "upgraded" to XP also successfully.

I would much prefer a clean XP sp3 install.

Hardware = DELL precision t5400 with 2xQuad processor.

Any advice?

Thrax · Feb 2009

Are you familiar with what chipset that SMP quad rig is using? The AHCI controller may be slightly different than the reference version supplied in our package. Go to this post and download the drivers at the end. Slipstream the drivers from the flppy32 folder for 32-bit OSes, or the flppy64 folder for 64-bit OSes. That should get you going. :)

Jonathan C · Mar 2009

I just found this website after needing to install XP on a PC with no floppy drive. The drivers on the Microsoft CD would not boot, so I used your software to add them to the installation CD. Worked a treat once I got all the correct drivers! Thanks for a great tool.

QCH · Mar 2009

Glad we could help you, Jonathan. We have a ton of cool articles and tips. ;)

the_technocrat · Mar 2009

Just FYI, I've used this guide 3 times in the last year. Works every time.

Kevin · Apr 2009

I have one question How do I include .net 2.0 framework in my install
Thanks in advance
Kevin

Thrax · Apr 2009

Unfortunately nobody seems to have made an nLite addon for the .Net 2.0 framework. :(

mel-uk · Apr 2009

My Windows XP has only SP1 on it, (SP2 crashed the computer very badly when I tried to install it when it came out years ago, so ended up rolling back to SP1). I'm about to do a refomat to sort this and get up to date. However it would appear that I can't use the slipstreaming method as nLite needs net2.0 framework, and that appears to need SP2. Is this correct?

Thanks

Mel

Thrax · Apr 2009

Microsoft .NET 2.0 will install on Windows XP SP1, it's just not a supported configuration. :) Microsoft isn't very clear about that.

mel-uk · Apr 2009

Thanks, that was quick!

By the way, great website, great information, very clearly written and very thorough.

Mel

Thrax · Apr 2009

You're very welcome, Mel. Hopefully you'll stop by again in the future. I'm glad we could help. :)

confused_newbie · Apr 2009

I am new to slipstreaming and trying to get my Dell Studio 1737 to dual boot Vista and XP Pro. I am stuck on which SATA drivers to use for my Mobile Intel 45 Express Chipset. Is what I need in the 8.3.1.1009 folder? Stuck with nLite on adding the correct driver. thanks in advance...

Thrax · Apr 2009

Yes.

confused_newbie · Apr 2009

rob, thanks for your help and the guide. try the install tomorrow.

Thrax · Apr 2009

Absolutely. :) Let me know if you run into any stumbles.

craig cahill · May 2009

hi,
i get this to work no problem when inserting a single driver, but as soon as i nominate a folder, i get the blue screen saying windows has shutdown, hard drive corruption etc.
i have an intel x38 chipset and select the iaStor sata .inf.
1.can i take the iaahci ones out of the drivers folder?
2.how many files do i need when trying to integrate a particular driver? just the .inf file?
any help appreciated.
btw i am installing onto a raid 0/1 volume and as i say it works no problem if i just select single driver/iaStor, but im hoping to slipstream my graphics, chipset driver, LAN driver and some other addons.
cheers

Leonardo · May 2009

The RAID driver won't be dependent on the chipset (Intel northbridge and southbridge set in this instance) drivers, rather the particular RAID chip that is installed on your motherboard. Have you looked at the manufacturer's site for their drivers list for your specific motherboard model?

What brand and model motherboard are you using.

craig cahill · May 2009

its a gigabyte X38-DQ6.

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