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Resolved Missing img file when slipstreaming xp sp2

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by mtslights, 2009/12/19.

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    I am trying to use bootcamp for the first time (Macbook Pro, Snow Leopard) and understand that it is very picky about which xp disks it will install. My licensed copy of xp is an sp1 OEM restore disk that came with an old laptop -- so I borrowed a copy of a Microsoft xp disk to slipstream to sp2 figuring as long as I use my own serial number it would be OK.
    Problem is, whoever made the copy didn't make it bootable, so there is no Microsoft img file on the disk. I tried taking the one off of my OEM disk, but it gives me the OEM menu choices when it boots, and in turn causes (I presume) the unresponsive keyboard problem.
    Is there a place to download an img file from an original Microsoft disk? Does it matter if it's from an sp1 or sp2 disk, considering that I slipstreamed this disk from sp1 to sp2?
    Thanks,

    Mark Simpson
     
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    Yes, I was using those slipstreaming instruction when I ran into my problem. When I got to the IsoBuster part, there was no "Bootable CD" folder on the xp disk I was using. That's when I went back to the OEM disk and took that copy of "Microsoft Corporation.img ", but it doesn't seem to work.
    That's why I'm looking for another source for the "Microsoft Corporation.img" file to download.
     
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    I don't understand this - the file must be on the XP CD to render it bootable - have you established that the install CD you borrowed is bootable?

    Is it a genuine, original installation CD?
     
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    It worked! I downloaded the img file from that site and all was well.
     
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    Glad to hear it, but it would still be interesting to know if the borrowed CD will boot.
     
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    No, the borrowed CD will not boot. It is not a genuine, original installation CD, but a copy of a genuine, original installation CD. My friend couldn't give up her original this week. I don't know how she copied it, but the copy was missing the boot files. But using this disk, slipstreaming SP2, and adding the img file from the link online allowed me to product a bootable SP2 installation CD.
     
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    BTW, meanwhile I found another method that worked better for me. I created a new install disk from the windows OEM pre-install on my existing machine. http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
    I did the slipstreaming still, but down loaded the boot sector from the link in the instructions.
     
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