i386

[Seph817]

I want to remove everything that is not completely necessary to my install. I'm not planning on changing any of my hardware for a long time,and then I could just make a new xp disk if needed. I want to know two things. I backed up every driver for everything I have installed; where can I put those on the install folder so that those are installed in their correct folders? To clarify, say I copied a driver from c:\windows\system32\drivers, where could I put that on the cd i'm making so that it would be installed in the same location when I do a fresh install. My second question is that I want to make the iso as small as possible; I see that the I386 folder is big. There are almost 3000 files in it, all with underscores after the filename. Again, I only want on this iso what is absolutely necessary. What would be safe to remove from this? Is there a list of everything that might be in my I386 folder and what they are needed for? If there is any other information that I can provide that would help you in assisting me, please ask. Thank you in advance for any help.

[T D]

nLite does it all. You wouldn't consider that quite a few of the files in i386 might actually be necessary

You read the unattended guide. The link is in my sig. The WHOLE thing, not just what attracts you to read.

In nlite, most if the stuff that is highlighted in red in component removal is needed for some kind of dependancy. Read the description and see if you need it. eg if u remove outlook express, opening MHT webpages in Internet explorer will fly away.

And read the part about drivers on the unattended guide. c:\windows\system32\drivers doesn't actually contain too many hardware drivers, but drivers like supporting hardware. They're already in i386.