^eMpTy^ Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 is there a way to just dump the contents of the cd on the hard drive and then start the install from the hard drive?i.e., make your own utility that runs from the cd and gives you all kinds of options for the install (computer name, what to install, what to tweak, etc.), then copies all the contents of the cd to the hard drive (maybe does the partitioning as well) adds all the selected settings to the appropriate files (winnt.sif, a selection of different registry tweaks etc) and then start the setup from the hard drive?it seems like this would be a good idea since it would give you a lot more versatility with one cd, and it would also give you a lot more room on the cd since you could archive absolutely EVERYTHING...does this sound like a good idea to anyone else? or do I need sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 pls learn to use the search featurethis topic has been discussed so many times. There are several methodsalready to deploy xp from the hard drive.pls read this warning... from allanollhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31253post has been reported to the moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik_demon Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I did a 2 second search and found these topicsInstall from second harddriveInstall from second hardrive 2Try to use the search feature next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^eMpTy^ Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 sorry, for some reason the search function doesn't work at all for me...and I've been reading through and haven't seen any reference to the topic...my bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 the link by allanoll shows u how to use the search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Here Try Thisstart i386\winnt32.exe /noreboot /tempdrive:D: /unattend:winnt.sifThan Try This For Any More Infostart i386\winnt32.exe /? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^eMpTy^ Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 the link by allanoll shows u how to use the searchit doesn't work in firefox...presumably because the search loads in another window... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 it doesn't work in firefox...presumably because the search loads in another window...u must be kidding right. do u know how many of us here are using Firefox and using the Searchfeature?that is a pretty lame excuse to be lazy in using the search function.if u go to google.comand type xp install from hard drive msfn.orgu will get dozens of results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPamplin Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 OK, REALLY stupid question...How do you do a from scratch install using WINNT32? I always have wiped the hard disk in DOS and used WINNT. I didn't think WINNT32 runs in DOS, and if not, what are you running it in?Help a brotha out,JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik_demon Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 @JPamplinYou are absolutly right. You can't use WINNT32 within DOS.If you want to use WINNT32, you need to use a BARTPE cd. Check here to see how to installErik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^eMpTy^ Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 it doesn't work in firefox...presumably because the search loads in another window...u must be kidding right. do u know how many of us here are using Firefox and using the Searchfeature?that is a pretty lame excuse to be lazy in using the search function.if u go to google.comand type xp install from hard drive msfn.orgu will get dozens of results. Yeah I was having some wierd problem and I got p***ed off trying to use the stupid search function. I got it working now...sorry if I somehow disrupted your world by asking a question you deem lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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