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thanks, i will have to ck that, i might have an old version of it, i never even thought to ck the version of it.

i was just wanting to see if there was a way to create an iso using files on my hd rather than creating from a cd & w/out burning to a cd. i have tried ultraiso but that won't do what i would like it to do.

creating an iso file using folders instead of cd, is there a way to do it? just trying to save about 20 mins, i have been doing some searches but nothing really mentions it. there is one but i have to sign up to the site to get the answer but i don't want to do that.

well my great idea didn't work, so off to the drawing boards, but one idea is trying to run an sfx archive in dos to install winxp, anybody know if running an install using a sfx archive off the d: drive will work? i am thinking not, maybe try using ramdrive, but that is way to small to work i would think. i got this idea, cause i have switched my installs of wallpapers and user acct picts to install using an sfx archive, which works sweet!!! on another note, i have just updated my win2ksp4 cd w/ updated software, something i have done was in add IE6 install & directx9b to sfx archives to install using unattend mode, if it works (which i have yet to test) will save about 40mb.

i know its been awhile since i have used the guirunonce but i believe it should be like this: [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\install\start.cmd" missing the quotes. that is what i had to do, to get some of them to work.

well aaron beat me to it, but i was going to say to ck the path name. %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

so far no good, image file is not working for some reason. i have tried like 3 different images, but no success. i just got an idea that i will try. i have also started messing around w/ the winpe, maybe that will work as well.

might as well push it back again, and then again, and then again, we all see the trend happening here.

i have been looking for it but i haven't been able to find it again, i wonder if it was removed.

not that i have seen. all i have uncovered has been w/ changing the color of the text and background of it. here is the code for that: ;Default Command Prompt Color [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] "DefaultColor"=dword:0000000a changes the background to black and the text to a limegreen type color.

it might be easier to find a member who has a server that would allow us to upload & download from their server.

that is the same one i saw, it is on ThemeXP.org

i would actually try that but i need to get a bigger harddrive for my laptop first, but then it might not be able to run xp, might have to try win98. i don't see why it won't work as long as the connections are fine.

great work, the install worked fine for what i wanted to do, so Congrats!!!!!

that is going to be sweet, the skin for wmp is awesome!!!!

the only thing i haven't searched was ms, but i thought that might be close, i figured out how to make the makedisk app, so i am going to be testing it, hopefully tonight. so far all the files on it can be download from somewhere on internet. w/ this idea it might change the way to install but still use the unattended method. it will be a day or too be4 i can post my updates, as i am having a problem w/ the boot image, and i hope to get it sorted out be4 the weekend. going to try the isobuster to see if that helps. at this time i haven't been able to even look into anything, but hoping to work w/ it alot this weekend, so not much will happen until then.

i found this: x:\i386\winnt /s:x:\i386 /u:x:\unattend.txt so maybe it should look like this then: :winXP path=a:\;d:\ a:\format.com c: <A:\y d: cd WINXP cd I386 winnt32 d:\winXP\i386\winnt /s:d:\winxp\i386 /u:d:\winXP\i386\winnt.sif goto QUIT

ok i have decided to remove all the winME stuff and i am replacing the win98 stuff w/ winxp stuff. in the autoexec batch file i have the following :win98 path=a:\;d:\ a:\format.com c: <A:\y d: cd WIN98 setup a:\win98.inf /im /is /ie /nr /iv goto QUIT i believe what i need to do is to direct it to the winnt32, but not sure what would need to go after it something like this: :winXP path=a:\;d:\ a:\format.com c: <A:\y d: cd WINXP cd I386 winnt32 d:\winXP\i386\winnt.sif /im /is /ie /nr /iv goto QUIT i am not even sure what would even go after the winnt.sif any ideas????

that is very true, but i don't have that yet so i stuck doing it this way.

i might save about 3.5 mins by removing the sfx archives from my cd, but i save about 40mb in space w/ them, i think i will keep them on the cd.

i have one for win98 & winME, but the winME never gets used. my idea is to strip all the winME stuff out of it and insterting winXP stuff. what the disk does is on a new harddrive is to create 2 new partations (a c: & d:), it formats them using fat32, after that it copies the win98 folder from the win98cd and puts it on the d: (the d: is about 7% of the total drive space). then when the recovery cd is run it just runs the install from the d:. however all the win98 setup information is on the cd in a makedisk (a batch file). i have extracted it and everything can be modified, however how do i turn it back into the makedisk batch file once done? would i be able to insert the winxp winnt.sif into it had have it run from the d:? the plan is to be able to modify software and items on the d: for winxp w/out having to burn a new cd each time, but just to run the recovery cd to reinstall from the d:, at no time do i want to image the drive and use that. i have attached a zip file that shows the makedisk i need to recreate, and a pic of some of the contents that are in the makedisk. might need to resize the contents one, i had to resize to get it attached.

i use the same idea to auto install my wallpapers & user acct picts, i have also used it w/ fonts & sounds.

no not really only became available w/ win2k and after. however some can be installed using a batch file or bat file i believe.

not that it matters but it is in some other post any how on this forumn. how do u think i found it. a little searching always does the trick. but i will edit it then. just saving my own, if u get the drift. its all about the morals.

i think what the are talking about is changing the xxx in the file. i have tried changing it using some different #s but nothing works so far. but i haven't heard of a way to do it other than the pid#. not even too sure are some tries if it even would work that way. that and i haven't heard of it working at all. i wouldn't suggest doing it either, hence illegal. sorry guys, got to far ahead in the game.