I am currently toying with the idea of using a bootable DVD which contains Win XP and all my current applications. My will %OEM%\$1\install directory contains a batch file that will search for the DVD drive and then run the installers from the DVD drive. This process is in the early stages of testing can anyone see any disadvantages to this? (I am assuming this would be a quicker install than copying all the applications from the %OEM%\$1\install directory to the Hard disk before installing the app? .) (Example of the batch file) @echo off title Application Install Batch :Menu1 cls ECHO Do you want to script / batch install basic apps echo (Acrobat / Winzip / Office etc) Echo. set /p userinp=choose a letter (y or n): set userinp=%userinp:~0,1% if "%userinp%"=="Y" goto APP if "%userinp%"=="y" goto APP if "%userinp%"=="n" goto END if "%userinp%"=="N" goto END CLS echo. echo invalid choice please select "y" or "n" pause goto Menu1 :APP if exist d:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.goto DAPP if exist e:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_fullgoto EAPP if exist f:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_fullgoto FAPP if exist g:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_fullgoto GAPP Goto END :DAPP echo Now installing Acrobat Reader start /wait d:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" Echo Now installing another app Start /wait d:\ goto END :EAPP echo Now installing Acrobat Reader start /wait e:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" Echo Now installing another app Start /wait e:\ goto END :FAPP echo Now installing Acrobat Reader start /wait f:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" Echo Now installing another app Start /wait f:\ goto END :GAPP echo Now installing Acrobat Reader start /wait g:\#Adobe#\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" Echo Now installing another app Start /wait g:\ goto END :END