Copy I386 to HDD during install?

[lmathews]

I want to copy I386 to c:\I386 during the windows XP setup. Is there a simple way to do this? Reason being I don't want users being prompted for the windows CD if an app screws something up etc. etc.

Thanks!

[cluberti]

This gets asked quite frequently here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=copy+i386+site%3Amsfn.org

[T D]

Put it in $OEM$ folders, make a batch/vbs to copy it, you name it.

[blinkdt]

Yzowl wrote the definitive batch file for that task, you can find it HERE. So easy, works great.

[mazin]

I wonder if that can be done via SVCPACK.INF with the following code:

@ECHO OFF
MD %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE
xcopy /s /e "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\$WIN_NT$.~LS\i386" %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE >NUL
cls

[T D]

The $WIN_NT$.~LS doesn't have the full xp cd, only the i386 dir, so maybe

@ECHO OFF
MD %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE
xcopy /s /e "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\$WIN_NT$.~LS\" %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE >NUL
cls

?

[mazin]

@ECHO OFF
MD %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE
xcopy /s /e "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\$WIN_NT$.~LS\" %SYSTEMROOT%\SOURCE >NUL
cls

Why not!