Sure compressing them saves space on the DVD but what does it do to total installation time? in some instances where there are alot of files like Office or VS.NET I can see if helping as DVD access is much slower than HD

Extraction time & installation time from HD to same HD

VS

Installation time from DVD to HD

whats you you opinions?

I Currently install :

VS.NET

Office 2k - SP3

VS6 - SP6 intergrated! TOOK ALOT OF work to do that! but works lot of messing round with INFs

using SFX

Should have put option

Save our CPUs

Edited March 3, 200521 yr by codejunkie

for me it mostly depends on the space you have (cd vs. dvd) and extraction time, so it really depends on your purposes.

generally i preffer speed so "Just install from DVD to HD (No Compression)"

I will be glade when I finish my RIS server, only thing is I will cripply it every time I install a server as its a P3-800 and I added 1Gbit network card seems to sap the power out of it but makes installations go alot faster via my 1Gbit network

Basicly going to have to redo alot of my scripts for me RIS server HD space wont be a problem its going on a 185GB HD with well nothing else on it 1 partition for Win2k3 Server and other for RIS and my base for my DVD and RIS so I can recompile another after updating files

Im sure VS.NET 2003 takes less time to extract and install as there are SO meny files and Office 2000 is worse I installed my laptop while I tried to sleep all I could here was the DVD drives lens moving back and forth, didnt stop me from falling asleep.

doesn't really matter to me since im using a dvd

andways, i can go either way since, after all, it is unattended

usually, i just start it and walk away

I use a CD, so if a mate gets in strife he can use my CD. He may or may not have a DVD Player, so I use the most common option. Due to the fact I use a 700mb CD I have to compress my files so they fit on.

Not just that, but if I want to reinstall a program for some reason, all I need do is run the sfx and the program is installed, no need for user interaction. If I was making my unattended CD just for reinstalling windows, I'd be silly because I've already spent more time on this CD than i ever would manually installing windows in my time.

I've already spent more time on this CD than i ever would manually installing windows in my time.

Really? I thought I was the only one

I don't care for the space, 'cause I use DVD. However, in some cases I pefere RAR SFX for performing additional tasks.