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Delprat, you know some good sutff! I'm starting to put it together now, muchas gracias for your patience and great feedback. :-) I booted from the CD I burned (from the ISO file), and sure 'nuff I got the desired "Windows 2000 Professional Setup" screen (after it's usual diddling around loading drivers, inspecting my setup, etc., etc). I'm starting to really love HFSLIP now! :-) The tip about putting the "other folders" and stuff in the SOURCESS folder answers another question I had , too. Re your request for the HFSLIP.LOG file, here 'tis: This file is automatically generated by HFSLIP. The HFSLIP program is for personal use only. Copyright © TommyP 2005-2006. ==========================HOW TO REPORT A PROBLEM============================== Make a compressed package (ZIP format only) containing the following files: - HFSLIP.LOG (this file) - WU.TXT (report generated by HFNetChk) - if of relevance, logs from other tools with information about the problem Get HFNetChk from http://hfnetchk.shavlik.com/hfreadme.asp and install it. Command to generate the HFNetChk report if installed in the default location: "%ProgramFiles%\Shavlik Technologies\HFNetChk\HFNetChk" -V -F C:\WU.TXT Start a new thread on the HFSLIP support forum to explain your problem and attach the ZIP package to your post. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=129 =============================================================================== HFSLIP Version - 60528 Your path - G:\HFSLIP\ OS you are slipstreaming - 2000 SP4 English MSIE Version - 2KIE6 FDV Fileset - Not Used DX9C - Slipstreamed CD Install Path - Default Merge Option - DRIVER.CAB Updated =============================================================================== Files in your FIX folder: winnt_sif.htm Files in your HF folder: IE6.0sp1-KB833989-x86-ENU.exe WindowsMedia9-KB891122-x86-Global-ENU.exe MDAC253-KB911562-x86-ENU.exe WindowsMedia9-KB885492-x86-ENU.exe Windows2000-KB842773-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB890046-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB893756-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB896358-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB896422-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB896423-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB896424-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB899587-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB899589-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB899591-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB900725-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB901017-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB901214-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB902400-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB904706-v2-x86-ENU.exe Windows2000-KB905414-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB905749-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB908506-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB908519-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB908523-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB908531-v2-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB912919-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB913580-x86-ENU.EXE WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe WindowsMedia-KB911564-x86-ENU.exe Windows-KB890830-V1.17.exe Windows2000-KB917953-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB917344-56-x86-enu.Exe WindowsMedia9-KB917734-x86-ENU.exe Windows2000-KB914389-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB911280-x86-ENU.EXE Windows2000-KB917736-x86-ENU.EXE IE6.0sp1-KB916281-Windows-2000-XP-x86-ENU.exe rootsupd.exe IE6.0sp1-KB823353-x86-ENU.exe IE6.0sp1-KB896688-Windows-2000-XP-x86-ENU.exe oe6.0sp1-KB897715-Windows-2000-XP-x86-ENU.exe scripten.exe Files in your HFCABS folder: ADVAUTH.CAB AOLSUPP.CAB BRANDING.CAB GSETUP95.CAB GSETUPNT.CAB HELPCONT.CAB IECIF.CAB IEDATA.CAB IEMIL_1.CAB IEMIL_2.CAB IEMIL_3.CAB IEMIL_4.CAB IEW2K_1.CAB IEW2K_2.CAB IEW2K_3.CAB IEW2K_4.CAB IE_EXTRA.CAB MOBILE95.CAB MOBILENT.CAB OEEXCEP.CAB actsetup.CAB axa.cab axa3.cab crlupd.cab LegitCheckControl.cab dxnt.cab BDANT.cab mailnews.cab scripten.cab wab.cab Files in your HFSVCPACK folder: Files in your HFSVCPACK_SW folder: MPSetup.exe Files in your HFTOOLS folder: MSICabExtract.exe MSICabExtract.txt bbie.exe cygwin1.dll mkisofs.exe =============================================================================== HFSLIP run time: 18m58s

Boy oh boy am I getting an education! Now I'm wondering how to create an updated copy of the original Win2000 CD that has everything I need to install Win2000 on PC with a freshly formatted hard drive. What I was hoping to create was an updated version of the original CD, but I see it didn't do that. Only the I386 folder, no AUTORUN.INF, no SETUP.EXE, none of the other folders. OK, I ran BBIE from the command prompt and created a BOOT.BIN file, put it in the HFTOOLS folder, and reran HFSLIP replying MAKEISO when it asked for my reply. This time it DID create the ISO file. The NERO examples in the online doc must've been made prior to NERO 6 because I couldn't relate it to what I have. So I used my (much more user friendly!) ROXIO version 7 and burned the CD. With Roxio you can just double-click the ISO file, and everything's automatic. However, as I mentioned above, I didn't get what what I wanted, so maybe I've just been on a wild goose chase with this ISO idea? Somebody, please, HELP! TIA

Delprat, thanks much for your reply. I guess I'm missing something basic here, but when you say "you have the bootsector file from a WinNT 5 disk", I need help. What file(s) do I copy from the Win 2K CD? I don't see anything named BOOT.xxx. I see a folder named BOOTDISK with files named BOOTIMG1.IMG thru BOOTIMG4.IMG and two EXE files, do I need to do something with these? Secondly I need help with your 2nd option. I tried putting the Win2000 CD in the drive, running HFSLIP again, and replying MAKEISO when it asks me to type "I have read the instruction", but it quits apparently without doing anything. I searched my drive for a .ISO file and found nothing. So could you please help this poor dummy understand what I'm missing? I've seen the results of HFSLIP, and I know it does great things, but it sure has a learning curve, doesn't it! TIA

I am a moderately skilled user trying to use HFSLIP for the first time. I've made the files with the hotfixes, DirectX, IE6, etc. and run HFSLIP (60528 version) to create a new SOURCESS folder. The process appears to've gone well, but I've gotten lost trying to create an ISO file. It appears that I need to d/l CDIMAGE and BOOT.INI files to go in HFTOOLS, is that right? If so, where do I obtain these? I'm running Win 2K on a system with 3 different OSes (Win Me, Win XP, and Win 2K) so I really don't want to mess up my boot sector, and search as I might, I haven't figured out where I need to get these files from, or find out what I'm missing here. I did put BBIE.EXE, MKISOFS.EXE, and CYGWIN1.DLL in HFTOOLS. I have NERO 6 installed. If some kind soul could point me in the right direction, I'd be most eternally grateful! :-) TIA