Slipstream Service pack before installing Windows 2000

Microsoft created this new feature with Windows 2000, allowing you to update the install files with the files from a service pack. This enables you to apply a service pack before actually making the install.

Slipstreaming will save HDD space as the C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles isn’t needed. This folder is created when you install a service pack, so you don’t have to reinstall the service pack when you install new components. The folder easily takes about 200 MByte.

Copy the contents of your Win2k CD-ROM to a new folder c:\win2kcd
Download the Network Installation of the wanted service pack
Create a new folder c:\win2ksp
Run the service pack .exe file with the parameter -x and when it asks where to extract point to c:\win2ksp
- One can also open the service pack .exe file with WinZip and extract the files to c:\win2ksp
Go to the c:\win2ksp\i386\update folder and run (If getting :

UPDATE.EXE -S:c:\win2kcd
Check that the following files exists in the root of c:\win2kcd
- cdrom_i?.5
- cd-rom_ip.5, If Professional Edition
- cd-rom_is.5, If Server Edition
- cd-rom_ia.5, If Advanced Server Edition
- cd-rom_id.5, If Datacenter - cdrom_nt.5 - cdromsp?.tst
- cdrom_sp.tst, If Service Pack 1
- cdromsp2.tst, If Service Pack 2
- cdromsp3.tst, If Service Pack 3
- cdromsp4.tst, If Service Pack 4 - read1st.txt - readme.doc - setup.exe - spnotes.htm
Create a bootable CD from the new image