Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2

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Woodsea

Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« on: 2 Oct 2007, 07:55 pm »
I have downloaded sp2 onto my mac, and burned it to a win/mac dvd.
I have a 2002 xp disc with my own product key.
But, according to bootcamp, it all must be on one disc.  A am SOL?  Is there a way to download from M$ the full OS with sp2 if I give them my product key?  I could then just burn that onto a DVD as well.
Any ideas?  My geo/political situation forbades me a quick turn around thru the mail, or purchasing the product again.
I just got Supreme Commander in the mail, and I am dying to play it.

Thanks all!

gitarretyp

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #1 on: 2 Oct 2007, 08:08 pm »
I'm a little confused. Why not install XP and then upgrade it to sp2 via windows update?

I highly doubt ms will send you a new disc with sp2.

Woodsea

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #2 on: 2 Oct 2007, 08:20 pm »
It states in the directions for bootcamp 1.4 that XP SP1 must be on one disc. 

gitarretyp

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #3 on: 2 Oct 2007, 08:28 pm »
Ah, i see. Then you may be SOL, sorry to say. Maybe someone with more OS X experience will pipe in.

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Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #4 on: 2 Oct 2007, 08:32 pm »
There is a way of integrating them, its called slimstreaming. If you google slipstream and windows, you'll come up with multiple links explaining it.  Here's one I grabbed at random:

http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html

Woodsea

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #5 on: 2 Oct 2007, 08:35 pm »
THANK YOU!!!
now cross your fingers  :wink:

Woodsea

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #6 on: 2 Oct 2007, 09:00 pm »
Just my luck, I need to have a windows computer already. 

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Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #7 on: 3 Oct 2007, 02:22 am »
This may not help but if you order, say, a motherboard from a company like Directron I think you can also get an OEM disk for XP with SP2 since it qualified for building a PC.

Woodsea

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #8 on: 3 Oct 2007, 02:07 pm »
How about this one?  I borrow a friends XP SP2 disc and use my #?  Would that work?

Woodsea

Re: Need 1 disc w/xp and sp2
« Reply #9 on: 17 Oct 2007, 03:01 pm »
Yes, it worked and I burned my own copy!
Playing Supreme Commander with my 37 hdtv as the main screen is awesome.