John wrote:

> Sorry for being naive. What is slipstreaming?


The word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of
many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the
distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or
differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term
because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not
to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and
to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was.
That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he
was buying the new version or the old.

Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions
of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone
got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without
realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way.

The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original
meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since
everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated
in it, I reluctantly go along.

So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that
you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP2.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23BeZn6JWHHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Temporarily fit a diskette drive to the computer or slipstream the
>> drivers onto the Windows XP CD. The setup program WILL NOT accept
>> the drivers from flash drives or other external storage devices,
>> they MUST be supplied on floppy diskette or slipstreamed.
>>
>> Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP and
>> Windows Server 2003 setup
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314859
>>
>> John
>>
>> John wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I need to install win xp on a drive attached to a Q-Tec Serial ATA
>>> 13434 card, which is the secondary drive in the pc. Problem is that
>>> the pc in question does not have a floppy drive like many other PCs
>>> these days. How is one to load the drivers for this card during win
>>> xp installation? Thanks
>>>
>>> Regards