Downloaded Service pack update... How can I put the update on CDR?

[Jeff Lam]

I downloaded the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and it took nearly 3 hours on dial up. I don't want to do that ever again. Is there any way to get it on CDR so I can update via CD and don't have to download it again?

Thanks!

[Zinedene]

Hi,

Many PC magazines come with free utility CD disks.
MAny of them will have the service packs on their.
You can use them in future.
I got my Win2000 Service pack freen on a PC mag disk, and also WInXP SP1

Zinedene

[Force Flow]

Did you download the network installation verson? That's the one that you can burn to a CD as a single EXE file.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/W2Ksp3.exe

[RayH]

I'm a believer in using a disk imaging program. I personally use Drive Image by PowerQuest.

In lieu of saving the download, I image before and after and major changes. I just restore the whole partition in a few minutes.

[glc]

3 hours on dialup didn't get the whole thing - just the active install. Until I got broadband, I would rely on friends with broadband and CD burners to help me out. If you need to archive SP3, get the network install - but with SP4 around the corner, I would just wait and do it right then.