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Article: How to create a Windows XP CD that includes SP2.
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- Personal Computer World
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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Byline: Kelvyn Taylor
How to create a Windows XP CD that includes SP2
If you want to try out Boot Camp, apart from the obvious requirement of an Intel-based Mac, you'll also need a copy of Windows XP Professional that includes SP2. New retail versions of XP should include this, but if you have an older licensed version of XP Pro you can save money by creating what's known as a slipstream CD. This CD is simply a copy of your original XP CD that includes all the updated files from SP2.
It's not illegal to create such a CD as long as you have a genuine licensed copy of the original XP CD -- but you can't run the same copy of XP on two systems at ...