diff -r 9c8b9f280200 -r fc9d5d520518 core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/wizard/P2Utils.java
--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/wizard/P2Utils.java	Wed Aug 25 17:55:05 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/wizard/P2Utils.java	Wed Aug 25 20:02:15 2010 -0500
@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@
 */
 package com.nokia.carbide.internal.discovery.ui.wizard;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.IProvisioningAgent;
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.IProfile;
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine.IProfileRegistry;
@@ -32,8 +41,12 @@
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.IQueryResult;
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.query.QueryUtil;
 import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.ProvisioningUI;
+import org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.Location;
 
-class P2Utils {
+import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Activator;
+import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Messages;
+
+public class P2Utils {
 	
 	public static Collection<URI> getKnownRepositories() {
 		ProvisioningUI provisioningUI = ProvisioningUI.getDefaultUI();
@@ -61,4 +74,26 @@
 		}
 		return infos;
 	}
+	
+	public static void writeFeaturesToFile(File file) {
+		if (!file.exists()) {
+			Collection<FeatureInfo> initialFeatures = P2Utils.getInstalledFeatures(new NullProgressMonitor());
+			ImportExportData data = new ImportExportData(false, Collections.<URI>emptyList(), initialFeatures);
+			try {
+				Streamer.writeToXML(new FileOutputStream(file), data);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(
+						Messages.P2Utils_WriteInitialFeaturesFileError, file), e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static File getInitialFeaturesFile() {
+		Location installLocation = Platform.getInstallLocation();
+		URL url = installLocation.getURL();
+		IPath path = new Path(url.getPath());
+		path = path.append("configuration/initialFeatures.xml"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		File file = path.toFile();
+		return file;
+	}
 }