Can you put windows XP updates on a disc???

[leavitt121]

I just got a new hard drive, and I'd like to use that as my new windows drive. I've spent many hours downloading updates with my 56k modem, and I'd like to avoid doing this again. Is there any way I can burn the updates I already have on to a disc and install them on my new drive? Please help!

 

[Need4Speed]

repost...use the handy dandy forum search

 

[lucky9]

Try windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog

you may have to search around the site, I usually get there through Belarc Advisor.

 

[wjal]

I am not sure what you are asking. If you just want to clone your old drive to the new one, there are any number of ways to do that, using Ghost, Partition Magic, Drive Copy or the easiest way, perhaps is to just use the software that came with your new disk to do it. If you didn't get software with the new disk, you can download it from the manufacturer.
If you are writing Windows updates to disk, you must have downloaded the network versions. If you got end user patches through Windows Update you'll not be able to redistribute them.
I prefer to buy the Service Packs on CD and then burn the updates from above link to CD. It makes reinstalling a lot easier. Some Service Packs can be a 20 hour download by 56k dialup.

 

[drag]

If your using winNT, win95, win98, win2k you can download the updates and stuff from their each respective download pages like here

It works from my Linux box anyways.

You could download all the updates then burn em to a disk, I guess.

edit: I guess I missunderstood you a bit. But I don't think you can just keep the updates, unless you rescue them from the temperary internet files. Try to run a "find" search for one of the *.exe names of the patch downloads. Probably best shot is to download and save them your HD while you watch a TV program or something, so you don't have to sit there. Then save them to a CD so you don't have to download them all over again.

However for XP I can't get to their update download page. I get the generic runnaround page. Maybe they have it as a design mistake, maybe it's on purpose. I don't know.

Maybe e-mail them and ask for a link or something.