Speeddymon Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Wondering if it was possible to trick windows setup into prompting for a CD2 and copying all of the files off of it.I have a XP DVD that I have made, but the problem is that it is getting too big for even a DL disc.. It has all 5 Office 2003 CD's on it plus several other large installs, and I have 2 more to go, but I dont want to run out of space, and I dont want to have to do anything to install stuff after Windows is installed.I dont mind modifying TXTSETUP.SIF if I need to, but I just need to know where and what to add to make it prompt, as I dont have an MCE or a TPCE CD that I can use as a reference.ThanksTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhdan Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Are you using cdimage or ultraiso to "optimize" the iso before you burn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Yeah you really should try to optimize it first because I have all 5 office cd's on one regular cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddymon Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 Neither. Would one of you mind posting a link to a guide that tells me how to "optimize" the disc? I have basically taken my 5 discs, copied them to my c drive, overwritten the original install files with administrative install points, integrated sp2 and all the hotfixes, and then put that into my $OEM$ folder structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urie Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 @Speeddymon have a look here on details about cdimage.http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/15/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddymon Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Ok I took a look at that page but it doesnt provide any clue how to compress office so it fits all 5 cd's onto 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 @SpeeddymonSorry, but maybe you are missing a point, there is no compression, if you use one of those .iso making programs with the right settings, it will "optimize" the CD, meaning that it will substitute any further occurrence of the SAME file, even if in different subdirectories with a "link" to the first copy.This effectively saves a lot of space when you have a number of programs or installations that use SAME files, like (probably) those you were talking about.See this:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12595jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddymon Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Oh I see now. So it's bad to use nlite to make my iso then? Makes sense. I'll try the ultraiso method when I get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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