Copying Source Files to Disk...need help.

[Powerhouse]

Ok, so I'm using the Source.bat and Source.reg files that have been posted to these boards, and it works great. However, it takes forever for the i386 folder to copy over. It keeps pausing after copying a few dozen files. I remember stuff like this used to happen in DOS, and the fix was to load Smartdrive.exe first, so the files would be cached.

So does anyone have a way to speed up the file copying process? BTW, I'm using the RunOnceEx.cmd method to copy these files...

REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Copying Source Files to Windows Folder" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%windir%\source.bat" /f

[tguy]

Try copying your i386 directory to the $OEM$\$1 or $OEM$\c directory. The source files will be copied to your system drive during the textmode portion of Windows setup.

You can then use a .REG file to modify the registry to point to them.

The key is: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SourcePath

tguy

[CoffeeFiend]

If you make an additionnal copy of them, it will take extra space on your disc - unless you optimize your disc.

And I doubt it would be any faster. I mean, you still have as much data to copy from the CD to the HD... I haven't made any comparisions, but I doubt it changes the time noticeably.