Slipstream question...

Can I create a custom install CD that includes mobo chipset drivers, video card drivers etc.?
Seems like it would save a lot of time...

nLite.

I'm not sure how to slipstream Video drivers, but i always slipstrem my "F6" RAID Drivers, my Intel "INF" Chipset Drivers (you have to "Extract" the Intel INF Installer to integrate the Chipset driver), my Audio Driver, and of course - the RyanVM Update Pack (and I add DX9c and WMP10).

On top of that nLite can even make it an un-attended install with CD-Key and all!

nLite + RyanVM UPdate Pack + Drivers = Heaven

Get everything all set. And then, of course, Image that install!!!

I just used nlite myself...seems like a good program...I just used it to slipstream the SATA drivers from my mobo disk onto a previously slipsteamed version that included SP2...but all this would seem to do would eliminate the F6 option

Chum said:

I just used nlite myself...seems like a good program...I just used it to slipstream the SATA drivers from my mobo disk onto a previously slipsteamed version that included SP2...but all this would seem to do would eliminate the F6 option

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Now make an nLite install disk, and integrate the RyanVM Update Pack (2.1.9 is most current IIRC). You will be 95% up-to-date the instant your XP install finishes - a nice sense of security. You can also integrate DX9 and WMP10 right onto the Install CD. This saves time, and also saves a few pointless reboots if you install this stuff after a "Normal" XP Install...

I think integrating Video drivers is possible, but I don't have a clue how to do it. I know you can add "Run Once" commands to the Install disk, but that is not much different than running the Video Driver Installer yourself from within XP IMO.

Once the XP Install is done, I run Autopatcher (still waiting for the new build ), and get the remaining few updates there, as well as IE7, WMP11 (if I decide to replace WMP10), NET Framework 1.1, 2, and 3, and some other cool tweaks and add-ons.

Between nLite+RyanVM and Autopatcher, XP re-installations are much faster and less cumbersome IMO. But it is never as easy as restoring an image of the OS exactly how you like it (w/activation and all). That only takes like 15 minutes for a totally "Fresh" install!!!

In addition to nLite for setting up a fully unattended install, I also use the RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack w/ the RVM Integrator to integrate a couple of the Multi-AddonPacks (Kels Packs to be specific)...

RyanVM Integrator and RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/

Member-Submitted Addons & Update Packs
http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=511

... then I install a number of Bashrat the Sneaky Driver Packs (including the Chipset DriverPack, MassStorage DriverPack, and Graphics DriverPack) using the BTS Slipstreamer...

http://driverpacks.net/ and http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/