This how to tells you how to create a slipstreamed Windows 2003 Server with SP2 Installation CD.
What you need:
- Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 with SP1 Installation CD.
- 1.2GB of free disk space (only for the creation you can delete the files after
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 download for free from Microsoft
- ISO Buster download for free from Isobuster
- Nero (I tried with Sonic but you need Nero to set the settings)
- 1 Blank CD-R
You can do this on any computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista.
What you need to do:
Create a folder: C:\W2K3
Then insert your Windows Server 2003 CD in to the CD Drive and copy the entire contents of the CD to that folder.
Next Install ISO Buster, Pretty straight forward. In the Left hand pane select Bootable CD from under CD\Session 1\Track 01:
In the right hand pane right click the item named "Microsoft Corporation.img" and select "Extract Microsoft Corporation.img"
Save the file to the root of C:\.
*NB OEM CD's from Companies like Dell and HP may have named their img file something different.*
That's you finished with your Windows Server 2003 CD now.
Create the Following Folder: C:\W2K3_SP2
Extract your SP2 files to that folder by running the following command:
location of SP\WindowsServer2003-KB914961-SP2-x86-ENU.exe /x
Type in the name of the folder you want to extract to "C:\W2K3_SP2" and click OK. Windows will then extract the files in the Service Pack to that folder.
Once that has completed you are then ready for the slipstreaming process.
Go to start and click run (or press the Windows Key and R simultaneously)
Type in:
c:\win2k3_sp2\i386\update\update.exe -s:c:\W2K3
press enter. you will then see the following:
Once done you will see:
Once the slipstreaming process is complete the next thing to do is to create your CD.
Launch Nero Burning Rom and create a new bootable CD ROMÂ compilation. Use the following settings:
- Image file: C:\Microsoft Corporation.img (or appropriate name of the img file)
- Kind of emulation: No Emulation
- Number of loaded sectors: 4
Once that is all done click New. Drag the files in the C:\W2K3 Folder on to the CD area.
Label the CD (I called it the same as the original Windows Server 2003 CD).
Then the best thing to do is create an ISO image of the CD to start with. To do this select Recorder from the menus and then select Choose Recorder (or press Ctrl + R):
Select Image Recorder and click OK. Then click on the Burn Button 
then click burn again:
Browse to where you want to save the image to and give it and name and make sure you select ISO as the file type (so you can burn it using other writers not only Nero and click save. you will then see the following status window:
Once completed you will see the report:
Now burn your Iso Image to CD and that is you ready to go with your Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 pre installed with the OS.
