Help HElp!! Windows XP Pro Hotfix

[Echo 0]

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

[akiss 0]

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.....

[prum555 0]

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.

 

Prum555

[Xiven 0]

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