badrobot
Senior Member
NOW FOR THE HELP I NEED:
I own a copy of XP Pro. unfortunately, it is a very early copy without any of the major updates, or Service packs. I back up my computers regularly, and when a computer starts to slow down, I strip it and reload the OS. Is there any way for me to download, and save all the service packs and updates, so when I need to reinstall XP I can update it to the point where support stopped. I'm not a company, I don't keep secure information or handle financial transactions. I'm keeping it for functionality, and because I like it. Microsoft has claimed to listen to people when designing their UI's. I don't believe that. Your help in spite of comments about your favorite OS, and unfavorable MS remarks would be appreciated.
I am not sure if it is possible to do it on XP but this is what I do on both Win 7 and 8.
Perform the last update and clean up your XP installation and clone it to another HDD (Try Macrium Reflect Free for cloning. I don't know which one works for XP). Use the cloned one on your PC and keep the original "clean" installation (with all your programs installed) as a back-up that you can re-clone again when problems arise. But you have to make sure that the HDDs are of the same capacities as trim is not supported on XP.