infotime Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Building an XP Home CD I can use on any PCI have a small business where I focus on home computer users. This means that a lot of my time is spent reinstalling Windows XP on Dells, Gateways, HP and Compaq computers. Probably 80% of my work is on Dells. My first goal is to build a CD that I can do a 99% hands free install on any Dell Dimension that came from the factory with XP Home.I've used nLite and integrated SP2 on a CD that I've used for a long time. Recently I added all the hotfixes -- that was very nice! Next I want to integrate the drivers and run it unattended. So on to my question.How do I go about collecting the drivers I'll integrate onto this CD?My idea was to integrate them over time. Each time I have another Dimension to work on I'll integrate all of it's drivers from the C:\Drivers directory. After a while I'd probably have them all covered. Keep in mind that 99% of the Dell systems I work on are Dimensions of the XP Home flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarable Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 You're best bet is to just download them from Dell's web site. It's a pain, but it the best way to get the newest drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keytotime Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I suggest the driver off cd method. It's easier to add or remove driver's that way. http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/drivers/cd.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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