Where was the page about making a slipstreamed installation CD for Windows XP?

June 4, 2004 11:39 PM

I recall seeing a page about making a slipstreamed installation cd for xp similar to these. 1 2 The difference is that the one I'm looking for also showed you how to include applications with it as well as updates and service packs. I think it was linked to off of AskMe, MeFi, or Slashdot. Sadly, my Google-fu was not strong enough to find the page. Anybody know the page I'm talking about or know how to do what I'm talking about?
posted by mindless progress to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Are you thinking of Bart's Preinstalled Environment? It's not an installation CD in the way the two you link are, but a complete, (with troubleshooting applications), stand-alone Windows-on-a-disc. It's saved my techie reputation, (and a heap of heartbreak), twice now.
posted by punilux at 1:44 AM on June 5, 2004

Response by poster: The thing I'm thinking of was for making an installation cd. It showed how to include applications in it as a way to make it quicker to format/reinstall XP. Or at least that's the benefit I'd like to get out of it.
posted by mindless progress at 9:03 AM on June 5, 2004

Don't know if it's what you're looking for but I made a swell boot disc from some utilities at bootdisk.com. Seems as if it cost two or three dollars. Nothing really. Works great. As I recall (and I could be wrong) there were instructions to include aps, etc.
posted by damnitkage at 10:00 AM on June 5, 2004

On review, what mindless said.
posted by damnitkage at 10:01 AM on June 5, 2004

Best answer: I'm a little late to the party here, so I hope you're still looking at this page, but I think what you're looking for is probably MSFN's Unattended XP CD. It takes a while to get everything tweaked and tuned, but once you do, it's a great timesaver.
posted by llamateur at 2:47 PM on June 7, 2004

Response by poster: Yes! Thank you!
posted by mindless progress at 3:35 PM on June 7, 2004