Slipstreaming SP3 on a Recovery CD

[Charan]

Hi guys, my cousine gave me his laptop ( Vaio ) for reinstalling Xp on it. The laptop came with a recovery CD. I was wondering if its possible to slipstream SP3 on that CD content. or does sony provide updated recovery CD's for a nominal fee?

[Krazy Bluez]

why use recovery cd's ? they only hard format the contents and return the os as it was on first installation of xp or whatever, use acronis true image, it's much better as all your softwares are also recovered in case of crash

[Choto Cheeta]

Originally Posted by Charan

I was wondering if its possible to slipstream SP3 on that CD content

It is indeed possible but really subjective as integrating the SP would mean deletation of many OEM files and system specific hotfix info hence making the recovery media useless

does sony provide updated recovery CD's for a nominal fee?

why not making a call to their all india toll free support number and asking for one

[Charan]

Originally Posted by Krazy Bluez

why use recovery cd's ? they only hard format the contents and return the os as it was on first installation of xp or whatever, use acronis true image, it's much better as all your softwares are also recovered in case of crash

This is a good idea.. but DVD's are not reliable these days.. .. any way I will try that.

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

It is indeed possible but really subjective as integrating the SP would mean deletation of many OEM files and system specific hotfix info hence making the recovery media useless

damn.. then its useless

why not making a call to their all india toll free support number and asking for one

Yes I wil give them a call....
PS:Nice to see you back bother

[Choto Cheeta]

@Charan

I have previuoslly played with Dell media and after many tries was able to have a media with SP integrated, read this thread which sould give some better indea about this process and the side effects

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=211039