Beorn

Well, I don't mind if the drive letter for Windows is changed .I have 5 partitions on two harddrives. Windows on the C: partition of one HD, and the partition I want to install to is H: (which is on the other drive). I want it to be adual-boot system, because I don't want to mess up my system trying something new. I'll tell you what I've done so far: I've got an USB with dos boot files and the folder I386 on it. Autoexec.bat tells to xcopy I386 to drive D:. If I now start the installation (typing D:\I386\winnt.exe) it will start copying files. It puts the folder $WIN_NT$.~LS on the D: drive, while the rest of the files (ntldr, boot.ini and so on) and the folder $WIN_NT$.~BT is placed on the stick. When the computer reboots (with the stick still in) the installation contunues loading files until a STOP 0X0000007B comes up. I guess this is because the USB drivers is reset or something? Well, I like experimenting a bit .

Yes, I started winnt.exe from the stick. The folder $WIN_NT$.~LS was created on the HD, while the folder $WIN_NT$.~BT and a boot.ini file was created on the stick. The entry in boot. ini was C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup" Is there a way of making Setup create $WIN_NT$.~BT on HD instead, and change boot.ini entry accordingly? Or is the easiest solution to copy the entire I386 folder over to the HD using xcopy?

Hi, I figured out the problem (but I got a hint from you...). I had all my partitions as NTFS. When I reformatted a partition with FAT32 it worked. I still have one problem, though. When the installation was finished copying files, it said to remove floopy disk and restart. I restarted and removed the USB drive, and then just regular Windows booted instead of the installation. I'll see if I can make it work now. -Beorn

Well, the message comes before the F6 prompt should come, so I guess something else must be wrong. -Beorn

Thanks for the help. I managed to start the installation through a dos prompt (first making a new nLite with winnt.exe .) But the installation won't continue. It says it cant find any disks or that none of the disks have 538 MB (I think) of free space. I have 2 sata disks, each in its own array of RAID (JBOD). Can the RAID be the problem, and is there a way to fix it? -Beorn

Is there any way to start the normal installation automatically or by starting f.ex. setup.exe from the command line? It would be a bit easier. (I want it as straight-forward and easy as possible. ) Maybe using a ramdisk like with BartPE on USB?

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. What I meant was I want to install windows from the flash drive and onto my hard drive. -Beorn

Hi Is it possible to put an nLited windows install on an usb flash disk? It would be handy not having to burn a bunch of cd's (and because I don't have a cd-burner ). -Beorn