nLited iso a little too big; can I boot from a DVD disk or USB?

[Happy-Dude]

Heya guys !!

Well, I have been successful in making a nLite .iso that way I like it. Now, I just have a little dilemma...

My nLite .iso is a little more than 750 MB ... Most CD media is 700 MB ...

Now, that means I can't boot off from a CD, unless I get 800 MB media. Unfortunately, I've read that some drive aren't compatible with these media.

So, my other options would be to make bootable USB or DVD media.

----Which is the better choice? Will I have to install extra drivers for a DVD drive (I have a new one that I am planning to install soon).

----Can you tell me how I can make them bootable? For DVD, I'm assuming that I just need to burn the .iso onto the media. Can I do this with CDBurnerXP ?

----How does booting from a USB sound?

This is pretty urgent because I am running low on Hard Drive space (I have a 20 GB drive; yeah, I know) ... The entire reason for me using nLite is to reinstall XP, and the nLite files + VirtualBox is taking about 7+ GB. I'm planning to reinstall XP onto this drive, and then install my new 320 Hard Drive to take the old drive's place. Wish me luck !!

Thanks a lot guys !! Just remember to explain the steps to me as clearly as possible (I want to get everything right) !!

Edited August 9, 2008 by Happy-Dude

[jaclaz]

If while nliting you did not remove the "Operating System Options-->Manual Install and Upgrade for removal" (see FAQ#2):

http://www.msfn.org/board/FAQs-t116766.html

You can use USB stick allright:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-from-USB-f157.html

Otherwise a DVD works with no problem, no particular drivers are needed.

Personally I use and like ImgBurn:

http://www.imgburn.com/

jaclaz

[Happy-Dude]

Ah, I do not recall removing the --Manual Upgrade and Removal-- option.

Thus, I believe it to still be there. (I think I only removed MS XML 2.0.) So, I'm good so far, right?

I believe I should go for the DVD disk route (since it can take in more data and I need to slipstream Office 2003 SP3 into it anyway ). You recommended ImgBurn, but will CDBurnerXP work as well?

If all else fails, I will look into install from a USB.

Thus, all I need to do now, is to install my DVD Drive, get some media, and burn the .iso image onto disk, correct?

Thanks a lot, guys !!

EDIT::

Ahh, just took a look at ImgBurn, and the program looks amazing and simple. I guess I'll keep CDBurnerXP for copying data and stuff, and I'll use ImgBurn for image files onto disks.

Alright, I'll try it out !! (Only dilemma now is to uninstall a lot of programs to make room of ISO and virtualization testing ... Wish me luck )

Edited August 9, 2008 by Happy-Dude

[jaclaz]

Ahh, just took a look at ImgBurn, and the program looks amazing and simple. I guess I'll keep CDBurnerXP for copying data and stuff, and I'll use ImgBurn for image files onto disks.

As said is my personal preference, but though I've nothing against CDBurnerXP , I seem not to miss it's additional features:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5027

jaclaz