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Chapter 2. First-time installations 21
Draft Document for Review November 15, 2007 3:27 pm 4372ch02.fm
2. Locate your local copy of the Windows XP source files that were created in
2.2.1, “Copying the media files” on page 19.
3. Open a command prompt (start → run → cmd) and go to the folder where
you copied Service Pack 2. Type the command as shown in Example 2-2
Example 2-2 Unpacking and integrating Service Pack 2 into Windows XP
x:\winXPimg\SP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU /integrate:X:\winXpimg\i386
After issuing the command above you should see the files being extracted and
then integrated into the Windows XP files as shown in Figure 2-2
Figure 2-2 Service Pack 2 unpack and integration in progress
After the extraction and integration is completed you should get a confirmation
that Windows XP Service Pack2 has now been slipstreamed into your original
Windows XP files as shown in Figure 2-3
Figure 2-3 SP 2 integrated successfully
At this point the Service Pack 2 is integrated into the base code. This process is
pretty much the same for all Windows operating system variants.