nlite with no winxp cd?

[berniejeff]

i have a legit copy of winxp on this computer, but i got no winxp install disc from the manufactuer (they just gave me their own "system restore" disc with all sorts of random crap on it). i try to run nlite and point it to my c:/windows/i386 folder instead, but it says "cd ident file not detected!" and says i need to copy win51c to the c:/windows/ directory. so is it possible to make an nlite cd without actually having the original winxp cd? thanks.

[Ponch]

A bit of search would have pointed you to the nLite forum section. Still welcome.

[jaclaz]

Read this thread:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16381

it should contain all the info you need.

jaclaz

[cluberti]

Moved to nlite forum. Previous poster is correct, though, this has been asked before here numerous times. Please use the search functionality of the forums for quicker answers.

[berniejeff]

i read the link to the bart's pe forum, but is that going to help me? if i slipstream my i386 files, it won't ask for the cd anymore?

also, i DID use the search function, but it apparently doesn't allow any strings with words which contain fewer than 3 characters, so i couldn't get any results for "nlite no winxp cd," which seemed to me to be the most likely thing to search for.

[jaclaz]

The idea of the given thread is:

1) forget for one moment nlite

2) recreate a XP CD from the files you have

3) the problem "nlite no winxp cd" becomes "nlite WITH winxp cd"

jaclaz

[Guest Schweinebacke]

<nlite> says "cd ident file not detected!" and says i need to copy win51c to the c:/windows/ directory.

Nothing magic about them.

• OEM Win XP Pro = Win51IP
  
• OEM Win XP Home = Win51IC
  
• OEM Win XP Pro SP1 = Win51IP.SP1
  
• OEM Win XP Home SP1 = Win51IC.SP1
  
• ...
  

Those files contain just the text "Windows"

Just create the missing file using notepad!

Edited October 29, 2008 by Schweinebacke