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I didn&#8217;t have one &#8211; only a Windows XP (RTM) CD, an integrated SP1 CD, and an SP2 update CD &#8211; but that&#8217;s no problem, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winsupersite.com\/showcase\/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp\">you can create your own slipstreamed XP SP2 CD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official method linked above works well, but (as highlighted in the August 2006 edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcw.co.uk\/\">Personal Computer World magazine<\/a>) there is an easier way &#8211; using the excellent (and free) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nliteos.com\/\">nLite deployment tool for unattended Windows<\/a>. After copying the contents of my original Windows XP (RTM) CD to a temporary location on my hard disk, I was able to use nLite to integrate the service pack (from my SP2 CD) and make a bootable .ISO image of the new distribution (ready for burning to CD using the software of my choice) using just a few mouse clicks. I could also have integrated drivers (e.g. the ones from the Macintosh driver CD that Boot Camp creates), included updates\/patches, removed components, applied tweaks and generally customised the Windows XP installation to suit &#8211; all using one simple wizard.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Dino Nuhagic (Nuhi) for creating nLite (and for making it free) &#8211; it really is a very useful tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, when I was installing Windows on my Mac, I needed a Windows XP CD with service pack 2 included (i.e. a slipstreamed service pack as Apple Boot Camp doesn&#8217;t allow the use of a non-SP2 CD). 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