Repair Install after SP1

I installed SP1 using Windows Update. I have the original retail W7 installation DVD.

I am very confused after reading 'Slipstream Windows 7 SP1 into a Installation DVD or ISO File' from the Tutorials about doing a Repair Install. So to keep things within my own understanding, can I use the original installation DVD to do a repair install of a SP1 installation and then let Windows Update re-install SP1? If not how do I go about doing such thing without having a slipstreamed W7 DVD or a SP1 DVD?

BTW, slipstreaming W7 SP1 seems very complex compared to XP. Some kind soul produced a standalone unitliy that would do the job quite easily.

Thank you very much.

seth500 said:

You would have to have a slipstreamed Windows dvd in your case cause it would cause all kinds of issues if you didn't. A program called rt windows lite for sp1 would do the job very easily for you there's even a tutorial on the site for it.

Slipstream Windows 7 SP1 into a Installation DVD or ISO File

Thats about as easy as it gets...

Hope I helped.

Regards Seth

btw all you need is your windows 7 disk and the correct version of sp1 x86 or x64 for your machine...

Thank you/

Well, in the Tutorial, I find the following:

Tip
You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.

You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.

You can use a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.

The second tip is what confused me. I read it to say i won't be able to use a slipstreamed disk for a repair install. Do I misread it? (wouldn't be surprised here.)

Brink said:

Jsquareg,

Sorry, but no. In all of my testing, a slipstream disk would not work to do a repair install with. A slipstream disc is great to do a clean install with, but it appears you must have a retail SP1 disc to use for a repair install.

Thanks again, Brink!

Does that mean if I use a retail DVD to repair install an SP1 system I will then have to reinstall SP1?

Seems like that would be the way to go and that would be fine with me.

If you have sp1 installed already, I don't believe you can do a repair install with a dvd that doesn't also have sp1.

Unless you use one of the preintegrated sp1 iso - such as from Technet, the only other way is to uninstall SP1.

Then you should be able to do a repair install with a non sp1 dvd.

If you created the System Repair Disk, after installing SP1, could you not use that disk to repair your system? I made one but haven't booted from it other than to make sure it was bootable. It probably doesn't have all the options the full Windows 7 DVD has but I would think in a pinch its better than nothing. I actually have two, a pre and a post SP1 disk.

System Repair Disc - Create

alphanumeric said:

If you created the System Repair Disk, after installing SP1, could you not use that disk to repair your system? I made one but haven't booted from it other than to make sure it was bootable. It probably doesn't have all the options the full Windows 7 DVD has but I would think in a pinch its better than nothing. I actually have two, a pre and a post SP1 disk.

System Repair Disc - Create

You can not do a
Repair Install
from a Startup disk
System Repair Disc - Create