Exodia

I use Burst!

387mb, not bad, leaves plenty of room for apps. What are your install times like?

Did you use goshs method of reduction, or did you simply delete them?

Sorry, im surprised someone asked that question here. Anyway, have a look here on how to integrate sp1 into your boot cd... http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm Then go here for unattended install... http://unattended.msfn.org/

Yeah, i finally though of that after wasting 5 hours of downlaod time... silly me.

When i try to download from there, i get a (useless) 37.5meg file. Also if i go to the official page and try. Anyone else get that?

How did you get that to happen??

OK, I cant find a way to do it from IE, but i hear that theres some software that can stop IE from being resized. I personally dont want any more software running in the background on my pc so i came up with an idea. Using the JS from my post above, i did this.... created a new link (or bookmark/favorite) right clicked and selected properties edited the url and replaced it with this script "java script:resizeTo(1000,730)" (replace rez with your own) clicked "OK" IE will complain about a problem with the shortcut, just click "Yes" This works great for me. Whenever i wonder into a site that resizes my window, i click my "Resize" link on my toolbar and the window pops back to my default size. Hope this helps.

I have the same problem myself and its very anoying. I havent found a way to force the window to remain the same size when a website trys to change it, but i have found a way to force it to open to the same size every time no matter what size it was when closed. Under Tools/Internet Options/Home Page, enter this... java script:resizeTo(800,600);moveTo(0,0);document.location.href='yourhomepag e' Thats all one word, no spaces, put your home page between the quotes and change the 800x600 to whatever rez suits you. It wont stop websites from resizing the window, but at least when the window is closed, it wont take on a default size, it will keep the one that you set. If i find a way to stop web pages from resizing the IE window, i'll let you know.

also, have a look here... http://www.dvdrhelp.com/

A simple file copy will not work, try using norton ghost. If you dont want to buy ghost, try using the ms dos way, have a look here... http://www.windows-help.net/features/copy-hd-pf.html