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Using the win xp pro sp3 cd I received from technet sometime back I was able to format and clean install and just apply the retail key from the bottom of the old gateway laptop. One of the problems was that I kept trying to install the x64 winxp pro and use the key from the computer and I was able to locate the original paperwork for this computer and it is x32[x86] so the key and the drivers would not work and nlite could not make it do something it is bot designed for. There is not enough ram and or cpu/gpu power to use x64 and I was , however unintentionally, trying to force this install of the x64 bit version. I kept failing do to user[me] error not any part on the nlite . However, I still would like to learn to do this correctly. I actually received assistance in creating a valid copy of windows xp pro x86 from ms themselves. They assisted me in just altering or changing a few files and then re-applying or changing the product key so the cd contents and key match. anyway I now have a cd specific to this computer but without the drivers integrated. Thanks. If there is a place on this forum that specifically address's inserting the drivers please direct me to it and I will try to learn it , otherwise, the computer is up and running. Mark

Lets clear it up for the record as I do not wish to fight either, but I took exception to the post for what ever reason. Computer model: Gateway laptop model 600yg2. I never buy a computer right out of the box. I buy the operating system retail boxed and have them install it and forward said os to me and place the lic.sticker on the bottom of laptop. I have them send the driver install separate of which I was provided one cd and one xtra which I paid for , total of 2. Both fubared in the fire or subsequent hosing. ponch: However meaningless the title maybe , it explains ,thesis-wise what the problem is briefly. borrowed software need not match as it is retail and my setup is retail and lacks tech configuration /deployment. It is user configured and retail. no oem pre-install deployment, no recovery partition. This I also stated briefly. I am not so un-savy..just nlite ignorant. I am a member of technet and I could create this using deployment tools but it takes longer. I ended up using just an install dvd that came with one of my monthly technet mailings and just inserted it and installed using my PAID for license key and voila , it wiped the slate clean and I just installed the driver pack exe files separately. As far as the coa is concerned...no matter what an agreement states or how many where as and what for, it boils down to , you can have one back up copy, and you can only have the original install on one working computer at a time with out obtaining a multi - user or volume license. I am abiding by this. and since I gave the dvd back to my friend and came across the sp3 all in one , which works like a new windows 7 dvd where it installs and validates based on your license not configuration, I have been able to restore this computer. as far as no hardware description goes I posted a link directly to the my drivers and download page which contains therein a description of the os and hardware specs in the adobe reader document. PID: there is no pid as I was creating iso files and viewing them in a virtual clone drive then running them in vm and when they did not work..being the p*** pot and cantankerous person I am, I deleted them as I was also using someone elses computer and was creating quite a clutter. I have not violated msfn rules..are you going to tell me that all the people on this forum that are nliting are using there own hard copy of an os, neither borrowed nor found or recovered using winbuilder iso by winfuture.de? And I would not intentionally violate these rules and I would admit to my misdeeds if I thought I had. You can use any win xp pro cd to create an nlite, I have an original win xp pro sp0 from my first gateway as well as an sp1 and 1a and sp2. I could have used any of these to create the build and in fact there are numerous posts on this forum and others that define such. as long as you are using what is rightfully your to use. But I just cannot grasp the nlite thing as , even the nlite tutorials at "how to heaven" jump around so much that it is very confusing. SO......I am not trying to alienate anyone. I apologize, and I absolutely mean it. I am sorry. But I just did not think it was necessary to allude to warez production , which is how it came across to me. I still would like to make an nlited production changing nothing except adding the 12 driver exe files from the support page at gateway. I believe I can get to the part where the driver need to be inserted but I run into problems extracting the appropriate files and allowing nlite to place them. May I ask for assistance with this ? Please! with sugar on top. If there is something posted somewhere that I am unable to locate please direct me and I will do my best to follow the directions. Brighton law international..world court and war crimes representation. now absorbed and defunct in its original "LLC" capacity. Again , I am sorry.. I am just seeking assistance from the number one google hit spot when asking for help with nlite. Be well. Mark

it is the key from the bottom of my laptop that goes to xp pro it is a retail key as I never buy a computer with a recovery partition I always, always make them install a retail out of the box and send it along, granted I pay xtra for it but that is my call.. there is no violation of terms of service. I legitimately bought and own it. I , likewise bought 2 xtra sets of recovery media or rather the driver cds which were also hosed. The disk is his retail xp pro install minus his serial. figures that the first thing that someone speaks of are how forthright everyone is and how I must be doing something naughty. However , my REAL JOB, is I am a/n copyright /patent and trademark attorney and I can assure you , positively, that what I am asking is absolutely 100% legal. It is actually the retail key everyone is paying for. Do you work for ms sales and want to obtain commission by suggesting I spend more money on ms products then I already have? If you are implying that I am using warez then more likely then not, I would not have had to ask for assistance nor would I have been so open in reference to what I was about. The question was how to integrate the drivers and nothing more. but know...far be it from any forum member to actually answer a question directly. So, as long as I am not using an oem manufactured and deployed version it matters not as long as I paid for my version and The key I have is paid for. So you can assist me or not as you see fit but do not continue to make baseless and blanket statements requesting information unnecessary to have in order to answer the question/query. Mark Bellamy JD. Brighton Law Group[retired]

I had a fire where a guest was smoking in my house against my wishes and fell asleep with the cig. long story short all 7 of my computers are now fubar'ed. So, I need my old gateway laptop inorder to work which creates an additional problem, my wife had lent it to her son and he installed some pirated crap on it and it to is fubar. It needs a new clean install which I cannot do as all the media to do this was in the fire and the subsequent hosing down. A friend of mine had an install cd of win xp pro and lent it to me and as the laptop in question had a legitimate xp pro install and key I accepted this offer and tried to clean in stall however it stops the install...why you ask, well it is older and it is asking for a bios file and a crap load of drivers as it appears it will not accept the default ones on the wixp pro cd. where are they..well thet are on the gateway support page listed here: http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?st=pn&param=3501373. I tried to us nlite to put these drivers in and I have now wasted 4 cd/dvd's . I am obviously less then half asse'd and cant get it right nor can I locate a/n appropriate description on how to accomplish what is necessary. So, what do I want to do? well I want to take the offered win xp pro sp3 cd and slipstream all the driverpacks from the gateway support link above and enter in my legitimate cd key and change nothing else and create an install to wipe this laptop clean with the obviously expected create cd. all the driver packs from the support site listed are in exe format and I have not found any less then 2 bazillion opinions as to how to nlite a particular thing and none of them explain what I am looking for...at least not that I have found yet. My eyes are blurred I have a headache and I am about ready to cook the cat. I am very un-tech and obviously doing something wayyyy wrong. all I want to do is just put in the drivers and serial and burn and go...may I impose upon all of you to assist me? thank you all very much for any assistance. Mark