Can nLite be used if OS is not on C: drive?

[pintree3]

I have/had 2 physical hard drives. After I replaced one HDD, where the OS was, somehow the tech at the shop (where I bought the PC and had the HDD replaced) did the wiring and jumpers wrong.

Anyhow, in installing Windows XP Home I had no choice but to place the OS in the 2nd (new drive) which was G: and NOT C: (C; and D; partitions/drives were taken from the other drive where I had files--this was my backup drive). Having work to do I had no choice but do the WIndows installation on G: which now only boots with the CD still in the drive.

Anyhow, since Windows was updated with SP3 and other updates I was wondering if it is safe to do a slipstream CD seeing that I will need to get the image (or whatever you call it) and files from the OS which does not sit on C but rather on G:

Or to put it simply, does the fact that presently my os is not on C: but rather on G: and that I need to use the original install CD to boot from make a difference or not?

Thank you

[Ponch]

to put it simply, does the fact that presently my os is not on C: but rather on G: and that I need to use the original install CD to boot from make a difference or not?

If I get it and your question refers only to "running nLite", the answer is "no".

To adress your first problem, it is most likely that you could have (physically) disconnected your other drives before install and so solved your problem (reconnecting them after install of course). This can be usefull next time you install.

[pintree3]

Thanks ponch.

What I meant was: Can I now use the nLite software to make/create a bootable drive from my G: drive. In other words I would make a nLite copy of my OS using my original CD and what is now on my G:drive (including drivers and Windows updates) and then USE this made nLite CD after formating and changing the connections of the HDD. So I would then have the 2 physical drives set properly, the soon-to-be OS one would be formatted and then use the nLite CD created above to do fresh install of Windows. Can I do this? OR does creating an nLite Windows CD now, since the OS is on G: possibly create a problem later in re-installation?

If in the creation of a nLite CD, the software, also copies registry paths presently on the OS and other paths then I would assume that because of this path-copying then nLite could not be used. On the other hand if paths are not copied but 'UNDERSTOOD' to be C: then I have nothing to worry about.

thanks again

[Ponch]

nLite is not an imaging software. No part of the running OS is "transfered" to the new CD. The running installation, as long as the OS is compatible, has no effect on the result. nLite mainly transforms a cd into an other, adding or removing (depending on checked options) drivers, patches, updates, silent installers, etc. , and in a broad way, the new CD still acts as a (MS)Windows XP installation CD, that's to say, it will install to the drive you choose at 1st boot.

I hope this confirms my 1st answser to your question.

[pintree3]

Yes

I wasn't 100% sure and now I am.

thank you / merci

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