ajay

jaclaz; Have checked out the links, this all looks quite involved. I think for the time being I will back up the i386, copy it to the new installation once done and create neccesary reg entries. I like to know how things work rather than just copy, so in the meantime I am going off to learn about sytem files and batch commands. Links to any good tutorials would be appreciated. Cheers all who replied. ajay.

mara-; jaclaz; thanks for your replies. Ponch; the point - this issue was one of curiosity more than anything else. In the past I have used my restore disc (HP) to clean install but got sick of cleaning out all the bundled software, however this method left me with i386 directory in the root of C:. Since using nLite to create an installation from only i386 folder and required win51 files (and slipstreaming sp2), I no longer have this directory path. You are correct, there must be some command to enable this to happen. As I am fairly new to this, I wouldn't know where to start. mara-; I was sceptical of this method at first, but it works, I have it running on Microsft Virtual PC. Cheers All.

I'm only replying to my own post to make it look likes someone's interested Has anyone any ideas on this, or am I asking a stupid question

Have used i386 directory from C:\, created win51 files, and slipstreamed sp2 to create a clean unbundled installation of XP Home. However on this installation there is no longer a C:\i386 directory. Does anyone know how to load the i386 directory into c:\ path during setup/installation.