The ultimate Windows installation disc

[TW]Fox · 29 Jan 2008 at 01:24

Hi guys,

Going to reinstall Windows XP Pro onto a new HDD on Wednesday and figured it'd be a good idea to make a new slipstreamed install with Nlite.

But I want to try and cram as many new features and cool stuff into it as possible.

So, what do you guys recommend I slipstream into the disc? Any useful utilities etc?

[TW]Fox · 29 Jan 2008 at 09:47

badbob said:
SP3 will be cool, once it's out.

I have actually just downloaded XP SP3 RC3 from Microsoft - reckon its worth it or should I stick with SP2?

[TW]Fox · 29 Jan 2008 at 09:48

sr4470 said:
Drivers possibly? CD\DVD utilities (eg. Nero, WinDVD), your choice of web browser, defrag\disk utilities (powerdefragmenter), Everest\CPU-Z, Adobe Reader.

Problem with drivers is that I never quite got the hang of integrating stuff which has control panel software - ie Creative Xfi, Nvidia drivers, etc.

[TW]Fox · 29 Jan 2008 at 11:05

I tend to lose the disc and make a new one every time I reinstall anyway so that isnt an issue. Slipstreaming is just geeky and cool and allows unattended installs and none of the stupid hour long install/reboot/blah rubbish after.