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nlite with no winxp cd?


berniejeff

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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.

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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.

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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

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  • 7 months later...
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 by Schweinebacke
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