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More info?)
Jay <jay@audiman.net> wrote in news:114le.1025$So7.1@fe10.lga:
> thanks for your informative response.
> it looks like this is not a "slipstream" xp setup, but a full image of
> the harddrive.
> and what if we dont have this dell os recovery utility, since i wiped my
> disk clean already and reinstalled from the straight xp setup disk,
> where can i get a copy of the os recovery program?
> i will check dell's web site while i await a response.
> thanks jay
I'm not sure, but if you have wiped your drive, you are probably out of
luck. You sound like you have a copy of the Windows XP CD. If you do, and
if you have downloaded the network (big) version of WinXP Service Pack 2,
you can use a program called AutoStreamer to do the slipstreaming.
It looks like the AutoStreamer program is no longer maintained, but you can
still find it here:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
-lyj
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>
> LastYJ wrote:
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>> Jay <jay@audiman.net> wrote in news:i73le.263$HP1.57@fe08.lga:
>>
>>
>>>Hi John,
>>>you never answered my question below.
>>>Where is the ability to burn the CD?
>>>I don't see any options anywhere for this.
>>>Thanks Jay
>>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if it's slipstream or not. It's probably the same version of
>> OS you got when you initially bought your machine, which may or may not
>> have Windows XP Service Pack 2.
>>
>>
>> According to the Dell forum:
>>
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/documen
>> t?dn=1091713&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
>>
>>
>> I haven't tried it myself as my system is two and a half years old and
>> it did come with Windows XP CDs.
>>
>> -lyj
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>>>John O wrote:
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>>>>When you receive the new system, you have the ability to burn one XP
>>>>CD disc. That disc is a slipstreamed version which includes drivers
>>>>such as the SB 24 bit and the RAID driver required for the SATA
>>>>drives. I burned the disc and then formatted and clean installed using
>>>>that same disc and it was much easier with the slipstreamed disc as
>>>>opposed to the standard XP disc (which I also had from a new 2400
>>>>system recently purchased).
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>John O.
>>>>
>>>>"Jay" <jay@audiman.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:4292D16D.8070603@audiman.net...
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>>>>
>>>>>How exactly did you create this slipsstreamed XP setup disk???
>>>>>I cant figure this out.
>>>>>Thanks Jay
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>John O wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>>There actually seems to be two situations here with different
>>>>>>outcomes. I ordered a 2400 from the Small Business site and an
>>>>>>actual XP with SP2 disc came with the system. I also ordered an 8400
>>>>>>from the Home site and did not receive any restore or drivers disc.
>>>>>>I did not order the system with a burner since I had a DVD dual
>>>>>>layer burner. The option to burn an XP disc was not available until
>>>>>>I installed the burner. I then burned an XP disc which actually was
>>>>>>slipstreamed with all of the proper drivers already. That would seem
>>>>>>to be an even better choice than separate XP and driver discs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>John O.
>>>>>>"Kevin" <webman6@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:AESje.47$C64.12103@news.uswest.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm in the market for a laptop and I just found this newsgroup.
>>>>>>>Dell chat
>>>>>>>is not working at the present time so I'm looking for some help and
>>>>>>>advice
>>>>>>>around here. Does Dell furnish their systems with a Windows XP
>>>>>>>disk or do
>>>>>>>they use a "system restore" disk? Or are they using the method
>>>>>>>similar to
>>>>>>>HP by putting a copy of the OEM operating system on a hidden
>>>>>>>partition? >>>>>
>>>>>>>Any help will be appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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