Help HElp!! Windows XP Pro Hotfix

#1 Echo

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Posted 01 July 2003 - 03:35 PM

I'm upgrading my computer tomorrow, new CPU, motherboard and HDD. I want to do a complete reinstall of XP Pro from scratch on my new drive. What I don't want to do is spend hours downloading the updates for XP and IE6 that I've already got on my current machine. Is there a way of copying the updates that I have already downloaded. Are they saved somewhere on my harddrive?

Thanks inadvance

Jane

#2 akiss

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Posted 01 July 2003 - 05:36 PM

i think no.when you download the files from windows update the windows create a folder named wutemp(hidden).there is stored all the update files.but when you install the updates the windows deletes all this files...
if anyone knows somethink more.....

#3 prum555

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Posted 02 July 2003 - 04:41 AM

Echo..

Do you use Ghost copy? If so just make a copy of your existing harddrive and restore after the hardware upgrade. This will save your time in re-installing everything.

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#4 Xiven

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Posted 02 July 2003 - 02:41 PM

That would defeat the point of wanting to do a clean install would it not?

Anyway, in future, if you want to keep the downloads from windows update, you can download them from http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp?corporate=true