slipstreaming SP2

[Vinny]

I read the article and thought Id give it a try.
I downloaded W2kSP2 103,788 and I unpacked it and  installed in SP2 folder.
I made another folder WIN2K and copied everything from the WIN2kSP1 CD into the win2k folder , I  then ran the update.exe..
c:sp2i386updateupdate.exe /s:c:win2k  and the GUI came up and said it was done.
I checked the i386 folder in Win2K and it showed SP2 and the SPnotes showed it as SP2.
I thought everything was ok, so I tried it and shortly after it formated the drive a error came up.

\"The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is corrupted or missing\"
\"Value 0 on the line in the section (source disk file) with the key \"SP2.cab\" ..

I thought perhaps it wanted new boot up disks so I made a new set of 4, copied from the new CD that I made, that didn\'t help, my next thought was perhaps the W2KSP2 file was corrupted so I downloaded it again and went throught the same process. When the CD was done I put it back in the burner and it opened  and showed the win2k screen with the install windows , install addons components and browse the CD.. So I tried it again and i still get that same error..
Any Ideas as to what is wrong??

[bmbk]

if you are installing sp2, you no need to take care of sp1. normally the sp1 will be included in sp2. so what you can  do is uninstall the sp2, then try to reinstall the sp2 itself. this should solve your problem

[kymerlin]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

On this page you will find a link to download a set of 6 boot disks.  Unlike the other sets of 6 boot disks for WinXP, these contain support for SP2.  I just ran into this problem this weekend and these boot disks fixed the problem.  It will take about 10 minutes to make the disks since floppies are slow, but it will be worth it once you are singing and dancing because your computer is working.  Happy Monday!