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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:46:10 EDT

JimmyCarter1 : Thanks Doc

Been under the weather and just got to be feeling better.

Happy New Year

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:26:58 EDT

Doctor Olds : Or you could click "Sitemark" on the bottom of this topic and it would save it in your "marked" tab on the site for you to access at any time and/or you could save it as a Bookmark in your Browser.

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:06:25 EDT

JimmyCarter1 :
I forgot where this was so I googled "make your own Windows XP CD.."

Neat..google rocks.

»www.google.com/search?sourceid=n···ndows+xp

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:26:07 EDT

AB : You haven't 'done it' until the CD you made loads up and installs properly for you.
If that's happened, then congratulations.

And thank you.
Your post was right on time.

The Mods might as well make this thread a 'sticky'. ;) :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:44 EDT

BigRedBG :

said by ChiTang :

To use nLite to slipstream, you need the entire CD as the source CD, not just the I386 folder.

Negatory.
One does, however, need some additional files-- WIN51IC, for example-- and some others also help.
n-Lite will tell you it needs the WIN51 file(s) when you load up the I386 folder.

I burned many a coaster with n-Lite before finally achieving success, but I did finally achieve that success without any 'full CD', and at the cost of a mere few thousand dollars worth of man-hours in time and effort spent.

But who's counting?
Success is its own reward.

Thanks..wow...I did it too.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:03:21 EDT

AB :

said by ChiTang :

. . If this thread is about "how to make windows CD with I386 folder only", that will be a different story.

Yep. Beats me, anyway. I couldn't do it.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:54:47 EDT

ChiTang : Yes, you are correct. Does it need the entire CD? NO.

Is I386 enough? NO.

A more policlly correct statement will be I386 folder plus the files at root of CD. Other folders are just fat that can be trimmed. Unless someone has to integrate a lot of drivers & OEMBIOS that some fat needs to be trimmed. My statement about "entire CD" is just a catch all "better be safe than sorry" statement.

This thread is about "how to make windows CD" and not "how to make windows CD minimally". :)

If this thread is about "how to make windows CD with I386 folder only", that will be a different story.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:57:42 EDT

AB :

said by ChiTang :

To use nLite to slipstream, you need the entire CD as the source CD, not just the I386 folder.

Negatory.
One does, however, need some additional files-- WIN51IC, for example-- and some others also help.
n-Lite will tell you it needs the WIN51 file(s) when you load up the I386 folder.

I burned many a coaster with n-Lite before finally achieving success, but I did finally achieve that success without any 'full CD', and at the cost of a mere few thousand dollars worth of man-hours in time and effort spent.

But who's counting? ;)
Success is its own reward.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:05:56 EDT

ChiTang : To use nLite to slipstream, you need the entire CD as the source CD, not just the I386 folder.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:26:17 EDT

BigRedBG : I am going to try it. Any advice?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:25:00 EDT

JimmyCarter1 : Windows, I hate to tell you this but I think you are over your head...

If you are legit and can put the i386 folder on a CD-R and mail it to me I'll make it for you...

Email me at YankeesNYwins@aol.com..
This is my public email I use so don't anyone worry about posting it...I can delete it and change it to Bostonwins@aol.com in 15 seconds. :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:15:54 EDT

windows : i tryed nlight how do i make the xpsetup thing get on inlite cuz it stays only on imgburn

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:35:11 EDT

JimmyCarter1 : Try using nLite to make your XP CD that I posted here:One page back.

»Make your own Windows XP CD.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:23:06 EDT

windows : well i did but it didnt work the burner for the other 1 both dont work for some reson

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:43:13 EDT

JimmyCarter1 : Download the latest build of IMGBURN.

»www.imgburn.com/

Try again.

Make sure you choose ISO9660+Joliet.
Also hit the advanced tab and click on restrictions and check mark the "allow more than 8 Directory levels.

Windows...Do you have access to another computer?

I think it may be your drivers on your MB.

Try it on another computer and make sure you choose ISO9660+Joliet

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:08:27 EDT

Doctor Olds : When was the last time you used this burner? I don't think it is working anymore.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:39:54 EDT

windows : and here it is again same error diffrent label if im useing the wrong label tell me :( see ^^

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:46:13 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by windows :

no i did folo i did get the right 1 im useing home edition and service pack 2

Then you need to read the first post again, and maybe print it out to follow it step by step. You either missed several steps or did not understand what to do. The links to the pictures are there (you have to open them) that shows you how it is supposed to be look exactly. If you didn't match your settings to the images that is why you keep having errors.

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:58:25 EDT

windows : no i did folo i did get the right 1 im useing home edition and service pack 2

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:51:25 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by windows :

i did i looked all in this thread ...here is a pic and ive tryed the XPSTUP it runs like the normal one i just need 2 put it on a cd.

You are not following the instructions. :[ For one the Label is not "XPSETUP" which you have used in error. You are supposed to put the correct Label name for your version (Home or Pro, SP2 or SP2, Etc) there instead.

Did you not load the Project from the .IBB file and skip other steps?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:13:30 EDT

windows : i did i looked all in this thread ...here is a pic and ive tryed the XPSTUP it runs like the normal one i just need 2 put it on a cd.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:47:29 EDT

anon : Yes, Post a picture. I'll see if I can help you..

Did you go all the way through this thread....some error messages I addressed..

It is not the restrictions tab is it...if so put a check mark in the allow more than 8 directory levels...you get this from the advanced tab...

Or are you talking about my nLite procedure I posted two days ago? :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:30:50 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by windows :

i keep getting a stupid error about something...

Why can't you type out the error message?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:07:38 EDT

windows : umm i made the windows xp home edition like work but imgburn wont let me install it why?? i keep getting a stupid error about something...if u want tell me and ill post a pic

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:19:53 EDT

anon : Not really, used it five or six years ago...In fact, in 2003 I think I set the record for the smallest Windows XP CD ever made.... It was in nano bites. :D But than again I could be wrong, it may have been 10 to the minus 10. ;)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:46:40 EDT

anon : you must be new to nlite.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:20:37 EDT

anon : Since I wrote that I wrote this using nLite.

Step by step..Make your own Windows XP Home or Pro CD using nLite.
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Make your own Windows XP Home or Professional CD using nLite.

1.Go here and download and install nLite.

»www.nliteos.com/download.html

2.Download and install ImgBurn....found here:

»www.pcworld.com/downloads/fi...m···l_ddxdwn

2. Go here and download Service Pack 3 ISO and make a Windows Service Pack 3 CD.

»www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&···ylang=en

3. Create a Service Pack 3 CD by right clicking on the downloaded ISO and select “burn using ImgBurn” as seen here:

»img291.imageshack.us/my.php?...9···3wx6.jpg

Label the new CD “Service Pack 3”.

4. Create a folder and put it on your desktop and label it if you have Home Edition...Label it XP Professional if you have Professional. I will use Professional in my lesson. Here is a picture of my Folder circled in RED:
5.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYTHING WE DO FROM NOW ON IS GOING TO CHANGE WHAT IS IN THE FOLDER YOU CREATED ON YOUR DESKTOP.

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5. Copy the i386 folder into the folder you just made labeled Windows XP {Home}{Pro}

6. Copy or make the WIN51 and WIN51IP ID files and put them in the folder with the i386 folder. You can copy these two files from any Windows XP CD or make your own.

HOW TO MAKE THE WIN51 and WIN51IP ID files

[Click on start and click on programs and click on accessories and right click on notepad and pin it to the start menu.

Open note pad and type the word Windows and then ONE time hit the space bar like you were going to type another word. and then hit enter to bring it down one line only. Type Windows with a capital W like I have it.

Now click on file and save as and type “win51” and save it into the folder containing the i386 folder on your desktop.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic” into the folder.

Make it “win51ip” if you use XP Professional]

Looks like this:
»img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image···0si7.jpg

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

NOW WE WILL BE USING nLite and it always finishes each step one at a time and you have to start over and over and click next, next, next to get to the next step…AND IT SAVES CHANGES AS IT GOES INTO THE FOLDER ON YOU DESKTOP LABELED WINDOWS XP HOME OR WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL.

7. Open nLite and click next and browse to the folder containing the i386 folder.
Looks like this:

»img244.imageshack.us/img244/6259···5nl8.jpg

8. Click next and click on service pack and click next.

Looks like this:

»img75.imageshack.us/img75/9302/1···8kn4.jpg

9. Click next and click on SELECT as seen here:

»img68.imageshack.us/img68/8218/7···6mt5.jpg

Don’t get stuck here, simply click on the arrow to the right of “look in” {I circled in red for you} and bring up My computer and click on the DVD drive and it loads like this:

»img515.imageshack.us/img515/1995···3dh7.jpg

10. It then starts to slipstream Service Pack 3 into what ever build you put up ..Service Pack 1 or 2. Here is how it looks when it starts slipstreaming Service Pack 3 into the FOLDER….

Here is what it looks like slipstreaming:

»img178.imageshack.us/img178/399/···5gv4.jpg

»img73.imageshack.us/img73/5743/11jc7.jpg

»img510.imageshack.us/img510/5963/12ld7.jpg

11. Click next and finish and reopen nLite…IT ALWAYS FINISHES BY CLOSING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REOPEN nLite to go to the next step.

12. Take foreign languages out of the i386 folder.

13. Click on nLite and open it again and click next and next until you get to here:

»img515.imageshack.us/img515/8375/14bv8.jpg

And select languages as seen in the picture and click next to get rid of all the foreign languages…this will decrease the size of the installation folder by 101 MB’s.

#14. Click next and finish and reopen nLite…IT ALWAYS FINISHES BY CLOSING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REOPEN nLite to go to the next step.

15. Click on nLite and open it again and click next and next until you get to here:

»img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=15ev3.jpg

»img68.imageshack.us/img68/4508/16vz7.jpg

Click on click on all of the ones at the top and fill out what ever you want.

Notice I circled the “Fully automatic” in red for you.

Last step…before burning Windows XP CD

LOOK at your folder now…Remember it started with just the i386 folder. Here is what it looks like before you make the WinLite ISO from the folder you made.

»img20.imageshack.us/img20/2831/22nb7.jpg

16.Click on nLite and open it again and click next and next until you get to here:

»img58.imageshack.us/img58/5102/18jx7.jpg

Click on make iso and it will go into your documents or desktop..I always put it on my desktop and here it is: nLite labels it WinLite…
Looks like this:

»img145.imageshack.us/img145/2938/18os3.jpg

Put the iso on your desktop..looks like this circled in red for you.

»img95.imageshack.us/img95/4247/20ly4.jpg

17. Right click on the WinLite ISO and burn your new Windows XP CD with Service Pack 3. Make sure you put a blank CD-R in the drive.

Looks like this:

»img92.imageshack.us/img92/1328/21mb2.jpg

That’s it. Good luck.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:36:08 EDT

windows : umm i got one problom when it starts to writ it is says failed to write paramaters!

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:22:11 EDT

anon : I burned 40 CD-R's yesterday and they all went in the garbage because every time I tried to install Windows XP using the CD I made it said it couldn't find inf\system32\bios error 14.

I was making this CD from the recovery DVD of a HP machine that is terrible to try and restore. I struck out over and over until ten minutes ago I got it right.

Here is how I did create my Windows XP CD using the HP recovery DVD’s.

I copied the i386 folder which was 1.6 GB’s into a folder on my desktop and deleted garbage until I got it to 568 MB’s. Garbage is stuff like app folders that has “Money”, “Works”, “Norton”….all the garbage…I also deleted “Doc” folder, “Value Add” folder and “Support” folder….I think you get the idea…stuff that has nothing to do with Windows.

Ha, the KEY, “THE RECOVERY TOOLS CD” that comes with recovery DVD’s had the complete INF folder with all the bios files. I simply copied it to the i386 folder and it replaced the one lacking all the files causing this report when I tried to install Windows….{The inf\system32\bios error 14}……I simply copied all of the recovery tools cd to a folder on my desktop and deleted all but English….folders..It has every country in the world almost. Than I clicked on the recovery cd’s i386 folder and ONLY copied the inf folder to the I386 folder.

I had already downloaded Serivce Pack 3 and made my Service Pack 3 CD so I opened Bart’s PE Builder v3.1.10a and slipstreamed Service Pack 3 onto the installation package before I tried to make a OEM Windows XP CD ….

It worked and Windows just installed…I had to use the Product Key off the tower while installing..Now I have the Windows XP Home Edition CD for HP Pavilion AMD +3800 and can just install Windows with out all the CRAP.

PS: Mr C is me, Jimmy Carter, the one that started this thread.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:46:41 EDT

AB :

said by Babar :

;)

Howdy, Babar! :)
I'm using your post to make a reply to joepwpb , because dslreports.com has 'alerted me' that his post is too old to be replied to.

said by joepwpb :

My Version of "Make your own Windows XP CD"

1. Create a temporary working folder at the root (top) of the C: drive called "XPSETUP" (without the quotes) and copy the following files into that folder:

o c:\windows\system32\oembios.bin
o c:\windows\system32\oembios.dat
o c:\windows\system32\oembios.sig
o c:\windows\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\oembios.cat

etc. etc. . . . .

That worked well for me. Thank you! :)

This is something I've had on the back burner and been toying around with for a long time. I'll bet I've burned 15 or 20 coasters over the course of the last year or two, trying to get this right.

I probably should have just run WINNT out of the I386 folder and gotten it over with, as javaMan suggested back on the first page of this thread. But I always wanted to separate the wheat from the chaff first, so I spent a lot of time fooling around with n-Lite, trying different things, and always coming up just a little short. I always made some little mistake along the way-- just enough so I was always adding to my coaster collection.

But I gave your method a go, again using n-Lite, and it worked well! The first time I actually had a bootable disc that contained exactly what it was supposed to contain, and installed exactly how it was supposed to install.
So thank you again! :)

Of course, I screwed something up with n-Lite again (re: pre-determined user accounts), and after futzing around trying to get that straight post-installation, the firewall I then attempted to install BSOD'ed me on reboot.
So I put back an Acronis image of my prior installation, temporarily.

But I've got it now. I know the exact single mistake I made with n-Lite this time, and that'll be fixed next go-round.
And I also won't make the mistake of trying to install a firewall without installing Acronis and making an image first.

Nice work on your post, joepwpb ! :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:04:19 EDT

Babar :

said by Mr C :

... of course I delete the installs and don’t violate the EULA.

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:21:18 EDT

anon : I also found out something really interesting about a Windows XP CD made from an OEM operating system using this thread. The product KEY always activates successfully no matter what hard drive you install it on and it also shows up on Belarc with the subscript {e} as factory installed product key.. weird……of course I delete the installs and don’t violate the EULA.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:11:56 EDT

anon : I slipstreamed Service Pack 3 on a bunch of CD's today and made the Windows XP CD's using this thread.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:54:00 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by jellybean :

I've been thinking about doing this for a computer I have had for about forever that has no reinstall disk.

I been thinking about makeing a "Custom" XP disk that has just the drivers I need and as barebones as possiable. And with all the updates too. Does anyone know how I could do this?

Very unlikely since it isn't an OEM built PC unless you are mis-describing it. This topic shows you several times what to look for "on the hard drive" and if you don't have the folders and files needed then there is nothing to create the CD with... You will have too look and see if you have what is required.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:08:08 EDT

jellybean : I've been thinking about doing this for a computer I have had for about forever that has no reinstall disk.It's a old no name computer that I bought when a P3 800 Mhz was BAD A$*!! But since all it has is a 800 CPU and tops out with 512 ram I been thinking about makeing a "Custom" XP disk that has just the drivers I need and as barebones as possiable. And with all the updates too. Does anyone know how I could do this? Make a custom XP disk?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:20:56 EDT

fgibbons9999 : Hi,
I tried to make the bootable CD and when clicking the to burn option I got a dialog box asking me if c:\xpsetup was to be the root files or did I want it to be seen as a folder. I tried the first option which made c:\xpsetup the root files on the CD. when booting from it I got an error message that the computer couldn't find the NTLDR file. I then tried the 2nd option and the program told me the file depth exceeded the programs limit of 8 folders.
Any suggestions??
Thank you Frank Gibbons

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:22:00 EDT

anon : Hehe... »img214.imageshack.us/my.php?imag···6od0.png

So really all i'm trying to do is slim down some of the junk that is auto loaded by HP. I don't want Symantec 2006... M$ money and things like that. :) I haven't found any posts through searching, where others have done this.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:05:03 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by Frustrate :

Yes Doctor, I have made the HP recovery disks via "HP Recovery Disc Creator utility". Did that awhile back and have it on 2 DVDs (DVD+R). I wanted to just try reformatting and installing XP pro... I'm sure it could be done but I don't know if I got the heart to try it now since I dont have much experience in doing so.

The files you need are likely on the DVDs and that is why your attempt failed when trying to use what is on the hard drive since Windows MCE is different from Windows XP.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:24:51 EDT

anon : Yes Doctor, I have made the HP recovery disks via "HP Recovery Disc Creator utility". Did that awhile back and have it on 2 DVDs (DVD+R). I wanted to just try reformatting and installing XP pro... I'm sure it could be done but I don't know if I got the heart to try it now since I dont have much experience in doing so.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:35:32 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by Frsutrated :

Too many conflicting instructions and it seems that both the OP and the guy at www.howtohaven.com aren't 100% sure. I got the same problems joepwpb had with imgburn. I finally got a cd that looked like it was going (with CDBurnerXP 4-freeware) to work and then got a "Unmountable stop:0x000000ED" Error after the disk starting running. Guy at Hottohaven says Can't use the C:\windows\I386 ..., has to be C:\I386 and that he doesnt think that you can even get this done with XP MCE 2005 OEM from HP. which is what I have. Pretty frustrating when you have spent a whole day reading a couple threads and trying this. I would try with Roxio but I dont have extra money for things like that and obviously since I would of probably just bought another Copy of XP.

I don't see any mention of being able to make MCE 2005 OEM or Retail into a single Bootable CD since MCE 2005 is three (3) CDs from Microsoft, not one (1) CD like Windows XP Home or Windows XP Pro.

You should just call HP and order the correct Restore CDs as they are cheap.

Why didn't you just create the three (3) CDs from the built in burner program included with all HP PCs when prompted to do so at first boot? It may have made up to 9 CDs and that would include your drivers and everything. You do know how to go back and do that, right? Run the "HP Recovery Disc Creator utility" to create a set of recovery CD's (it is on the Programs Menu off of the Start Menu -- Look for it) and you will have what you need to reinstall everything including your DVD Player software, Recording software, Sound Card software, and all the drivers for all the other hardware inside the case. This will use up to 9 blank CD's.

Even eBay has the 3CD "BASIC SET" for HP starting at $9.99 plus $6.00 shipping as the current bid. This will not have the Hardware Drivers and it will not have the Applications for your Hardware, so you will be missing a ton of things.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 For HP Laptop/Desktop BRAND NEW
»cgi.ebay.com/Windows-XP-Media-Ce···ViewItem


Current bid:     US $9.99 
 
Shipping costs:	 US $6.00

Regards,

Doctor Olds

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:12:09 EDT

anon : Too many conflicting instructions and it seems that both the OP and the guy at www.howtohaven.com aren't 100% sure. I got the same problems joepwpb had with imgburn. I finally got a cd that looked like it was going (with CDBurnerXP 4-freeware) to work and then got a "Unmountable stop:0x000000ED" Error after the disk starting running. Guy at Hottohaven says Can't use the C:\windows\I386 ..., has to be C:\I386 and that he doesnt think that you can even get this done with XP MCE 2005 OEM from HP. which is what I have. Pretty frustrating when you have spent a whole day reading a couple threads and trying this. I would try with Roxio but I dont have extra money for things like that and obviously since I would of probably just bought another Copy of XP.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:24:50 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by tercr_6 :

I can't find a download for roxio 6.X .

Do you have a link ?

Roxio doesn't offer trials of old versions. Roxio is at version 10 right now. You would have to find a CD of Roxio 6 somewhere.

»www.roxioshop.com/
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:17:45 EDT

anon : I can't find a download for roxio 6.X .

Do you have a link ?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:26:54 EDT

joepwpb : ***UPDATE***

After many, many hours of research and numerous trials and errors, I managed to get a Windows XP CD created and it works flawlessly!! I accomplished this by taking some steps from Jimmy Carter’s post here and a few from two other sites and then combined all of them together. There may be one un-necessary step (Step 2) in the process, but it does not affect the process so I retained it. I’ll let someone else figure that out because it’s not worth any more tinkering, to me, to find out. Also, I believe it wouldn't hurt to add a AUTORUN.INF file to the CD.

I stated by just trying to find a way to burn the project/CD without using ImgBurn because I discovered on the ImgBurn forum that the problem I was having was a known issue to the author of the application. He posted that it would be corrected in a future release. So, I tried Roxio 6 because I could not figure out how to use Ashampoo for this procedure. My first pass was met with an error after getting all the way to the copying of the Setup files: “Setup cannot copy the file OEMBIOS.BIN”. There was an option to proceed but it warned that Windows might not load properly so I bailed out and went back to the drawing board. I discovered at a Paul Thurrott site that I needed to copy, to the i386 folder I was planning on using, four (4) files from C:\Windows\System32. Also at that site, I found complete instructions on how to created the CD using Roxio 6.

After completing the “Repair” I proceeded to Windows Update but encountered a problem installing the updates after it successfully downloaded the first 91 of 102 updates. There were no error messages or any indication as to the problem. So, I tried at least 5 different “fixes” for this issue and finally succeeded by doing a force install of “WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe”

Please feel free to tinker all you want with the procedure I am about to post and when you find a better or easier way be sure to post it here.

Joe P

My Version of "Make your own Windows XP CD"

1. Create a temporary working folder at the root (top) of the C: drive called "XPSETUP" (without the quotes) and copy the following files into that folder:

o c:\windows\system32\oembios.bin
o c:\windows\system32\oembios.dat
o c:\windows\system32\oembios.sig
o c:\windows\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\oembios.cat

2. Download wxp10.zip from »www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=wxp10.zip and extract the files to a Temp folder then locate the file W2KSECT and copy or drag the file labeled w2ksect into drive C (the root)

3. Use ISOBuster to extract a file from a Windows XP CD. Run ISOBuster and make sure you have selected the node named Bootable CD. You should see a file called Microsoft Corporation.img (or similar; it will be named something.img) in the right side of ISOBuster. This is the file you need to extract. To do so, right-click and choose Extract Microsoft Corporation.img. When ISOBuster prompts you, choose to download it to the root of your C: drive.

4. Copy the entire C:\I386 folder to C:\XPSETUP.

5. Open Notepad and type the word Windows and then ONE time hit the space bar like you were going to type another word. and then hit enter to bring it down one line only. Type Windows with a capital W Save the file with the filename "WIN51" (include the quotes) in C:\XPSETUP

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic.SP1” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic.SP2” into XPSETUP folder.

At this point, the C:\XPSETUP directory contains all the files that will be copied to your Windows Setup CDROM

6. Make a bootable XP CD with Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.x as follows:

Start Creator Classic and choose File, then New Project, and then Bootable CD. This will launch the 'Choose Type of Bootable CD" dialog. Click the Advanced button and select "No Emulation" for Bootable Disc Type, 0x7c0 as the Load Segment (this is the default choice), and 4 for the Sector Count. Then, click the Browse button to locate the Microsoft Corporation.img file and use this as the bootable image. Click OK to close the dialog.

When the dialog closes, you're returned to the main Creator Classic window, which now shows two files, BOOTCAT.BIN and Microsoft Corporation.img, in the root of the CD project you're making. Rename Microsoft Corporation.img to BOOTIMG.BIN.

Now, select File and then CD Project Properties to launch the CD Project Properties dialog. There are three tabs in this dialog, and they should be configured as follows:

General Tab: The Volume Label in the first tab should match the type of the original installation. (ex. OEM_EN or WXPFPP_EN)

Select ISO9660 as the File System and only check “Mode 1: CDROM”

Advanced Tab: Only check “Use Original File Date” and “Any MS-DOS 8.3 File Name”

File Filter Tab: Only check “All Files”

7. Drag and drop all of the files from C:\XPSETUP to the CD project

8. Click the orange Record button to start burning the CD.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:49:26 EDT

anon : I believe you need an autorun.inf file.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:10 EDT

joepwpb :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Sounds good to me.

Well, I tried to boot two different PC's with all 4 of the discs I made and each time I would get the message "Press Any Key To Boot From CD" and when I did that it just continued to boot into Windows as normal.

So, there is definitely something wrong with the creation process. As I stated previously, I painstakingly reviewed each and every step in your instructions and those posted here: »www.howtohaven.com/system/create···sk.shtml and I am sure I did not miss anything.

I guess it's a dead issue for now.

Thanks

Joe P

BTW...Can this CD be created using Ashampoo or Roxio? Maybe that's the answer.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:50:54 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Sounds good to me.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:30:20 EDT

joepwpb :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Looks good, don't know why it isn't working...sorry.

Me either!!!

I assume I can try to boot any system with that CD just to determine if the problem is with the CD?? That will be a lot faster and easier than to partition that laptop and give it a try.

What do you think about that??

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:12:03 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Looks good, don't know why it isn't working...sorry.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:02:01 EDT

joepwpb :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Have you tried booting into a blank partition? Do not boot to a partition that has an operating system on it.

No, I have not tired that but will.

FWIW, the contents of my CD are as the screen shot here.

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:45:40 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Have you tried booting into a blank partition? Do not boot to a partition that has an operating system on it.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:43:39 EDT

Tercr6 : I restored my PC from the restore CDs I burned from Compaq .

I tried again using the imgburn in your instructions .

I'll tell ya , when I get to mode , build , file , load , another windows popped open and I have to navigate it to put XPSETUP in the first box . Then I went to advanced and checked to allow more than 8 like you said . While I was in there I seen a setting to make the disk bootable so I checked that .

The burn goes to the PC first , then those files have to be written to CD.

I ended up this time with 2 Imgburn XPSETUP Icons on the burnt disk .

The instructions do not go smooth .

I put XP and sp1 _EN for the label .

5 burns and still notta .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:35:15 EDT

joepwpb :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Joe, what does it do when you boot from the CD? What do you mean it only boots to windows..??

You have to make sure you set the computer to boot from the CD drive and not the hard drive.

It does boot to the CD and I get the message "Press Any Key To Boot From CD" and I do so but it proceeds to boot into Windows.

joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:33:55 EDT

joepwpb :

said by AB :

What file structure do you have chosen in ImgBurn when creating the ISO?

e.g., 9660+UDF, 9660+Joliet, etc.

ISO9660+Joliet as per the instructions.

Thanks

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:32:54 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Joe, what does it do when you boot from the CD? What do you mean it only boots to windows..??

You have to make sure you set the computer to boot from the CD drive and not the hard drive.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:32:00 EDT

AB : What file structure do you have chosen in ImgBurn when creating the ISO?

e.g., 9660+UDF, 9660+Joliet, etc.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:24:37 EDT

joepwpb :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Joe , try again and go real slow using the i386 folder in Windows of the operating system on the computer.

I did go "real slow" in fact I did so 4 times and now I am cross eyed!!! You stated that the i386 folder will be in C:\WINDOWS but I found another site which has your same instructions posted and in there they state:

An I386 Directory (Folder) on your Hard Disk

This is essential. Without this, the procedure outlined on this page will not work. To find out whether you can use the steps listed on this page to re-create your bootable Windows XP setup disk, look for into your system drive (usually the C: drive), and see if you can find a folder named I386 in the root directory. That is, see if you have the C:\I386 folder on your hard disk.

If your PC or laptop came from the major PC vendors like HP, Dell or Acer, chances are that there is an I386 folder at the root of drive C:, unless you've deleted it.

I am using a ACER laptop and the i386 folder is in the root, C:\ not in Windows. I also have a home built desktop and the i386 folder is also in the root, C:\.

BTW, the final part of the process using IMGBurn finishes successfully and I get the music to prove it!! So, I really don't know where to look for a mistake in my steps.

Thanks

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:12:14 EDT

Jimmy Carter : First, I do not have the CD only a recovery partition and the recovery discs which I made when the laptop was new. The i386 folder on this laptop is in the root not in c:\windows as stated in the instructions. During the disc creation process I get the message which I posted here and I choose YES and the process successfully completes without any errors, but fails to boot.

Where oh where am I going wrong??!!!

Joe , try again and go real slow using the i386 folder in Windows of the operating system on the computer.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:06:02 EDT

joepwpb : Hey Jimmy Carter!!! Thanks for the response..

As you can see from the screen shot I do have that file where it is supposed to be. Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:40:28 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Joe and Confused , here is where you went wrong..See this picture that I circled showing the boot file created in step 4. You didn't have it in your drive C like I show in this picture.

»img412.imageshack.us/my.php?imag···6vv1.jpg

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Step number 4.
________________________________________
Create a new folder and put it on your desktop. Label the folder CD burner and boot files.
Go to these two web sites and download these two programs into the folder labeled CD burner and boot files.

Boot files.

»www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=wxp10.zip

A very small CD burner that we use.

»fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Im···426215/1

Here is a picture of what it looks like when you are finished.

»img174.imageshack.us/my.php?imag···rfj2.jpg

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:31:25 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Tercr6, Did your XP CD you made work? Did you use it to install the operating system?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:27:09 EDT

Tercr6 : Thanks , I just read your post . My 1386 folder is 428 mbs in C: , and 427 mbs in windows list .

I just did a restore of my pc , so I do not have anything saved .

I used the imgburn version that is used in your directions when I did it .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:03:50 EDT

anon : I'm in the same boat . I think the manufacture fiddled the files to prevent making a bootable CD .

I've read all kinds of stuff on the net to include this file or that file .

I did make a barts PE bootable disk from a dell re installation disk .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:35:05 EDT

joepwpb : Help!! After two attempts I am unable to get this procedure to produce a disc that works. I do get the "Press any key to boot from CD" but it only boots to windows.

First, I do not have the CD only a recovery partition and the recovery discs which I made when the laptop was new. The i386 folder on this laptop is in the root not in c:\windows as stated in the instructions. During the disc creation process I get the message which I posted here and I choose YES and the process successfully completes without any errors, but fails to boot.

Where oh where am I going wrong??!!!

Thanks

Joe P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:47:18 EDT

anon : For Vista OEM users, you might be able to use this:

32-bit edition
»www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/0···ad-link/

64-bit edtion
»www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/2···d-links/

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:41:15 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Tercr6, Don't give up...

I just came back here for the first time in a long time and saw your post..

How many MB's in your i386 folder..?

Post a picture of ImgBurn dialog box for me when you are ready to burn the CD.

I am sure I know why you can't burn it to a CD..

When you finish making your folders and want to burn your XP CD make sure you click on restrictions and check mark “allow more than 8 directory levels” because default is 5 levels.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:57:49 EDT

Tercr6 : OK , it still didn't work . Here's where I am .
I made a CD with PE Builder , I had 4 errors that PC world gave , that stated if you have errors it will not work .
OK , so for the heck of it , I booted the CD , a black screen pops up , Insert xp proffesional CD into drive A: ( mind you I have XP home on here ).

So, I made 6 floppies of XP Pro boot disk .

If I install the boot disk , do you think the PC will start the PE Builder CD I burned ?

I'd hate for it to not start and have to reinstall everything from my recovery CDs , ya know do the whole 9 yards again .

It must be something compaq/HP put on here to bar reproduction .

BTW I used D: Drive to get the files from PE Builder .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:55:39 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by Tercr6 :

Thanks , found the boot menue . When I boot that CD I made , I just get a message . No bootable media or something like that .

Try this. Put the number one Restore CD in the Drive and reboot. Don't run the Restore steps after that, but see if it will just boot the PC. If it does boot from the number one Restore CD, just reset the PC after taking the CD out. That means you need to recheck the steps and procedures you used to make the other Bootable CD as you missed something. Now if the PC doesn't boot using the number one Restore CD look for other issues like a dirty CD lens or a bad CD Drive. If you have more than one CD or DVD drive, try both to see if it will boot from CD.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:32:06 EDT

Tercr6 : Thanks , found the boot menue . When I boot that CD I made , I just get a message . No bootable media or something like that .

I even tried going through the instructions again last night , and got the same thing through Imgburn , nothing I could do there as per instructions . Just errors .

Thanks anyways . I was hoping to get a XP only CD for this PC .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:20:15 EDT

ironwalker :

said by Angelo77 :

Hi and thx for Creating a win cd!!!very nice tipps:) i have one question?

How can i do some progz into the cd/Dvd???any idea???

Yes, but, easier useing nLite as mentioned above and below your reply.

To the OP, great read, very detailed and does work.
I will stick with nLite.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:09:52 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by Tercr6 :

I looked for a boot menue , but could see how to change the order Compaq presario desktop .

I have a Compaq Presario, How do I set the Bios to boot from the CD?
»answers.yahoo.com/question/index···1AAstsKD

Compaq Presario Desktop PCs - How to Perform a System Recovery
»h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu···00007689
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:24:27 EDT

Tercr6 : OK I went through all the instruction . I got to ingburn , mode ,file , etc .

I couldn't get the ing to burn , however I did get somehow get i386 onto a cd from my windows burn .

XP SP2 loaded on my PC .

When I start the CD it opens to XPSTARTUP .

If I reboot , it goes staight to starting my installed windows .

I looked for a boot menue , but could see how to change the order Compaq presario desktop .

If I click on winnt.exe , I get a message about win32 .

What's up with this ?

I have recovery CDS I had to make for this PC 6 of them .

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:05:51 EDT

ZZZZZZZ : »www.simplyguides.net/guides/usin···er.shtml

I just use Autostreamer and have for years,
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:28:54 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by click_310 :

Can something similar be done on Vista ?

It would have to be a bootable DVD instead.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:15:03 EDT

click_310 : Can something similar be done on Vista ?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:49:44 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Does this mean I can n-lite my cd I made if I want to? I just need a confirmation.

Yes, and have fun, the price of CD-R's are so cheap now when I did it I must have made 10 different size n-Lite Windows XP CD's.
It was fun and I think the smallest one I made had 150MB of material.I took everything out of it but the kitchen sink...

The really great part about the n-Lite stripped down operating system you make is that it is really really FAST when you use the internet...or any thing...

Every now and then I load one back up on a empty hard drive and use it for three weeks or so...but I can't activate it because it is a different hard drive. The OS's are hard drive specific. :)

Yes you can include the updates to the CD...if you have room drag or copy them into the installation folder.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:37:57 EDT

balloonshark :

said by Jimmy Carter :

The only problem is the nLite CD won't be recognized as legal by microsoft unless he makes it using his own XP CD that came with his computer.

Or make it from the i386 folder CD you make.

I went the n-Lite route years ago and it is OK but only if you never never ever update anything.. use minimum very small XP operating system..

I discarded the idea about 5 years ago. Sort of like going back to a glorified Windows 95.:)

Hi Jimmy Carter and thanks for this thread. I was able to make the cd (SP2) per your instructions and installed it as a test on and ext. HDD. Everything seems to work, I will have to play a bit more. I added my drivers with my original driver and application recovery cd and they worked.

Does this mean I can n-lite my cd I made if I want to? I just need a confirmation.

Also, is there an easy way to include the MS updates I have on my current system on the cd? I have about 2 1/2 years worth of updates. If not, it's no big deal. Belarc indicates that one needs re-installed (don't ask me why). Please also take into consideration that I only want them from MS or my machine and not an "off-site".

Thanks,
bshark
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:06:06 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Thanks Capt Ron

You are the first one to indicate you made a XP CD without SP2.

I can tell you how to make it so that it includes SP2 on the Windows XP CD you make...

Let me know if you want the directions and I'll post them.

There was alot of additional stuff I left off the original post because I didn't want to confuse the people I was trying to help.. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:05:58 EDT

Capt Ron : Thanks Jimmy Carter for the post.

I made a copy and booted with it to repair, so it is probably OK. Maybe it will provide a way to get running again if something bad should happen.

I also went to Microsoft and down loaded SP2, IE7, and some updates to SP2 to another CD. I hope I got the important software.

I'll just store these away with other software until needed.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:58:23 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Hi Heshup

The only problem is the nLite CD won't be recognized as legal by microsoft unless he makes it using his own XP CD that came with his computer.

Or make it from the i386 folder CD you make.

I went the n-Lite route years ago and it is OK but only if you never never ever update anything.. use minimum very small XP operating system..

I discarded the idea about 5 years ago. Sort of like going back to a glorified Windows 95.:)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:29:42 EDT

balloonshark :

quote:
*Edit-
So, that/those, plus an I386 folder that you'll copy over into whatever folder you're using, and you're good to go.
Add drivers, hotfixes, a dash of salt-- whatever.

At the end of the process (which can last one or more sessions-- up to you) you'll burn a bootable .iso image.

That's your new Windows Installation CD.

I see the edit and thank you once more. This is very exciting to me as I have waited a long time to get my new ext. HDD and a functional cd/dvd burner. I'm gonna have a blast :D.

Take care,
bshark
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:21:27 EDT

AB : Good luck. I just made an edit to my previous post, btw.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:17:25 EDT

balloonshark :

said by AB :

I believe it will ask you for at least one of these, also.

They can be found on a Windows Installation CD. I'm not sure where else.

Thanks for your replies AB. I checked and I have those 4 files and the i386 folder (5 total files) in the cd I have created per the #1 post. I might be good to go.

I am planning on trying the cd I created on my new HDD to see if it works. If it does, then I may try to n-lite it later.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:01:55 EDT

AB : I believe it will ask you for at least one of these, also.

They can be found on a Windows Installation CD. I'm not sure where else.

*Edit-
So, that/those, plus an I386 folder that you'll copy over into whatever folder you're using, and you're good to go.
Add drivers, hotfixes, a dash of salt-- whatever. ;)

At the end of the process (which can last one or more sessions-- up to you) you'll burn a bootable .iso image.

That's your new Windows Installation CD.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:49:01 EDT

balloonshark : Hi AB, I already had that tab open ;). Is that a yes or no? It says you have to have a cd, and then you create a file with the source files. Are the source files the i386 folder? Does the cd I created qualify as a Windows installation CD?

quote:
Also, you need to have your Windows installation CD for the original Windows installation files

and

quote:
* Create a folder somewhere on your hard drive to copy the windows source files into
* I called mine 'XP_Source' but you can use whatever name you prefer. Just make sure there is adequate space on your hard drive to hold the files
* Copy the full content from the distribution cd into this folder
* Start nLite

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:20:01 EDT

AB :

said by balloonshark :

I'm still wondering if I can n-lite from my i386 folder or the cd I have made.

»www.nliteos.com/guides.html

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:16:54 EDT

balloonshark : Thanks for you reply Heshup. I am legal with the expensive shiny sticker. I bought this machine at Wally World, but I don't want the OEM junk. This will be my first reinstall on the machine after (2 1/2 years). I'm wanting a clean install to image on my new HDD. I'm wanting to beta test and I can't have leftovers that may cause conflicts.

I try to download from safe sources so getting XP online is probably not going to happen. I think I know someone who has an SP1 install disk, but that would mean adding SP2 with n-lite. I'll have to check and see what they have.

I'm still wondering if I can n-lite from my i386 folder or the cd I have made.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:00:18 EDT

Heshup :

said by balloonshark :

Hi Heshup,

I have an OEM installation with a recovery console only. Can I still use n-lite even if I don't have an XP install cd? Would I just point it at my i386 folder or a copy of my i386 folder?

If I can't, I have another question. If the cd works that I made following the directions in post #1, can I use it to create a custom install with n-lite?

Thanks

All you have too do is down load the XP you have off the net found any where on the net. No laws broken as long as you have a good legal serial number. Then do what you want with N-lite.

Man I just opened up a can of worms. But the fact is no laws broken. keep in mind to know where you down your copie of XP is good.

edit
You can get a cd from someone you know.

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:37:21 EDT

balloonshark : Hi Heshup,

I have an OEM installation with a recovery console only. Can I still use n-lite even if I don't have an XP install cd? Would I just point it at my i386 folder or a copy of my i386 folder?

If I can't, I have another question. If the cd works that I made following the directions in post #1, can I use it to create a custom install with n-lite?

Thanks
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:37:39 EDT

Heshup :

said by Oleg :

I like to have fun with n-lite :-)

This be funny as hell. By the time one reads all this $*** posted here one could of made 100 copies setup they way they want, added what they want with N-Lite. LMAOROTF!

This must be for the ones that have nothing to do. :)

Have fun.

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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:50:04 EDT

balloonshark : Hi, I have made the cd and it booted up and I was able to get to repair. Right before it began to burn, I got the pop-up from ImgBurn below. I clicked Yes, was that the correct answer? Sorry for the pic being small even after you click it. If it's not legible, I will try again.

ImgBurn also would not accept the volume label X1AHOEM_EN. I have an SP2 install so that is what I tried to enter. Instead it made it XPSETUP. Is this ok?

Thanks,
bshark
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:28:27 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Thanks Doc

PS:"As God is my witness...
I thought turkeys could fly........."
Arthur Carlson, Cincinnati, OH 1978

Happy Thanksgiving to all Yankees.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:56:33 EDT

Doctor Olds :

said by Paulyoo :

The picture in "Look at this picture...It is your answer.

»img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531···8bl1.jpg"

Isn't working.. And i'm having the same problem.

Yes it does work! You are copying the wrong info. Use right click, copy link on active URLS instead of Hi-Light, Copy, Paste which does not work on long URLs as they are abbreviated.

img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531/allowmorethan8bl1.jpg

Shows up as »img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531···8bl1.jpg

Snapped 2007-11-19 18:47:14

»img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531···8bl1.jpg

Check what you are using for a broken link as there are no ··· in the "active" link.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:41:14 EDT

alfee : ISO 9660 Joliet. Member Ross made a pdf. of the directions with all the images. Available from page three of this thread.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:10:18 EDT

anon : The picture in "Look at this picture...It is your answer.

»img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531···8bl1.jpg"

Isn't working.. And i'm having the same problem. Does anyone know what information the screencap held?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:51:01 EDT

anon : Hi and thx for Creating a win cd!!!very nice tipps:) i have one question?

How can i do some progz into the cd/Dvd???any idea???

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:51:01 EDT

Maxo : I have one of these built by somebody else at my house. It came in handy once when I trying to remove a virus from someone's machine. Linux live-boot CDs are great for repairing unbootable systems, but this is better when you need to do stuff with NTFS drives, etc.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:45:02 EDT

Jimmy Carter : You don't get bugged every second with the reminder it is turned off. :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:20:44 EDT

Oleg : LOL I was searching for this post :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:54:00 EDT

MSeng : How is this any different than disabling UAC through the user interface?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:57:00 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Hey Jimmy Carter, just noticed a difference between your Step 7 instructions and those shown by Ross in his pdf posting of Oct 5, shown on page 3 in this thread. you show "Open notepad and Copy and Paste what I have below starting with IBB and including the words [END_BACKUP_OPTIONS]" Ross shows it as [END_BACKUP_LIST]. And while I have no knowledge in any of this, just following the step by step - it appears that Ross' works better ( visualize a winking smiley here ).

Hey harrkell, thanks...it does work better.

Vista is beating me up.
But I did learn one thing important about Vista.....which is......use it on a good PC and it is a wonderful OS.
I installed it on a Intel E-6700 with a MSI P6N Platinum MB with three GB's of memory and it screams. Everything is instant...

I also did this to stop the annoying permissions all the time. :)

Registry Editor
1. Run Registry Editor by typing “regedit” in Start Search or command prompt.
2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. Locate the following DWORD registry subkey in the right pane:
EnableLUA
4. Right click and choose modify or double click on EnableLUA to modify the setting. On value prompt, set the new value to 0.
5. Exit from Registry Editor.
6. Restart the computer.
7. To enable the UAC again, simply change back the value of EnableLUA to 1.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:15:50 EDT

Jimmy Carter :

said by mike_wyldes :

Hi

I have followed all the steps until I reach the point where the file is burnt onto the CD, I receive the message in the attachment, can you help?

Look at this picture...It is your answer. :)

»img155.imageshack.us/img155/7531···8bl1.jpg

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:36:44 EDT

pensioner : Hey Jimmy Carter, just noticed a difference between your Step 7 instructions and those shown by Ross in his pdf posting of Oct 5, shown on page 3 in this thread. you show "Open notepad and Copy and Paste what I have below starting with IBB and including the words [END_BACKUP_OPTIONS]" Ross shows it as [END_BACKUP_LIST]. And while I have no knowledge in any of this, just following the step by step - it appears that Ross' works better ( visualize a winking smiley here ).

Thanks for the SIMPLE how-to instructions ! Harris

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:52:08 EDT

anon : Hi

I have followed all the steps until I reach the point where the file is burnt onto the CD, I receive the message in the attachment, can you help?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:01:00 EDT

ariez :

said by Jimmy Carter :

ariez

I am now working on the NTLDR missing error.

I was making a XP CD for my son's laptop and got that error.

Everything seems OK...

But when I opened windows folder and double click on WINNT32.EXE IT STARTED INSTALL PROCEDURE.

Are you sure you clicked on WINNT32.EXE ??

the error mentioned before was when had Win98 installed, trying to run WINNT in DOS at boot. tried running WINNT32 in Win98 but received error that path to upgrade not found..... using either approach, files would not copy from cd to HD.

formatted drive, no OS, can't run WINNT32 in DOS, when trying to run WINNT, receiving error message.... internal setup error occurred, cound not find place for a swap file, setup can't continue

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:28:22 EDT

Jimmy Carter : ariez

I am now working on the NTLDR missing error.

I was making a XP CD for my son's laptop and got that error.

Everything seems OK...

But when I opened windows folder and double click on WINNT32.EXE IT STARTED INSTALL PROCEDURE.

Are you sure you clicked on WINNT32.EXE ??

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:41:36 EDT

ariez : is there much of a difference than the instructions on here?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:38:43 EDT

ariez : great info, easy to follow, but not working for me =( when booting with cd, receiving error CDBOOT: couldn't find NTDLR. also tried booting into DOS, then going into i386 folder on recovery cd and running WINNT but receiving error messages of files not found when attempting to run setup. bad recovery cd? fyi, have been unsuccessful booting with recovery cd as would start process and freeze.

Re: Make your own Windows VISTA CD.

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:29:10 EDT

ross : Hey Jimmy,

Here's your guide in PDF format w/pictures, so you don't need to keep hosting alive for the pics. Check it for errors! Appended "Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP" from link provided by Octavean.

Make a Windo···s CD.pdf 3,170,237 bytes
Your guide delivered...

Re: Make your own Windows VISTA CD.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:45:30 EDT

Jimmy Carter : I am working on making a Windows Vista DVD from OEM OS but keep getting the ntldr is missing. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:40:14 EDT

Jimmy Carter : I wrote mine for senior citizens..They could never follow Bart's PE. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:46:02 EDT

thomasjk :

said by alfee :

Here's a guide to create a xp installation cd from the i386

folder. I have not tried it, but the author is well known for

his Bart Pe plugins.

»www.mechrest.com/plugins/BartPEG···uide.htm

I've used this procedure and it works quite well.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:39:26 EDT

alfee : Here's a guide to create a xp installation cd from the i386

folder. I have not tried it, but the author is well known for

his Bart Pe plugins.

»www.mechrest.com/plugins/BartPEG···uide.htm

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:49:14 EDT

Jimmy Carter : LOL, I knew it was a joke but being your from Alabama I wasn't sure. :D :o

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:49:33 EDT

Oleg : It's a joke man :-)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:30:13 EDT

dvd536 :

said by Oleg :

O crap i do not have CD drive i only have DVD burner drive :D

you can burn cds in a DVD burner. i do it all the time :)
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:00:43 EDT

waldoooo :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Waldoooo

I'll see if I can make one but it will be a DVD.. ;)

Everything can't fit on a CD-R. :)

thats a good thing, only have blank dvd's here anyway :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:04:29 EDT

Oleg : O crap i do not have CD drive i only have DVD burner drive :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:56:48 EDT

Jimmy Carter : You should be able to get the i386 folder from the recovery disk..just right click and click on explore when it is in the CD drive. ;)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:51:16 EDT

Oleg : I have PC Angel recovery CD I will see what i can do with it : -)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:43:07 EDT

Jimmy Carter :

said by Oleg :

I agree it's to much work it's better to invest $120 for Windows XP Pro.

There is only 8 little steps.

It only looks long since I included pictures so they, {computer challenged seniors} , could be sure they are not lost. If you try following it and doing it it goes very fast.

It has been very sucessful and I am glad I took the time to make it so easy.

Notice I didn't use the term "Root of C" once. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:03:53 EDT

Octavean :

said by brydry :

Nice tutorial. What "adjustments" would need to be done if the os is XP media center 2005? Or can I just create for XP pro?

MCE 2K5 typically comes in either a two or three disc set. The two disc set consists of one OS install disc (not too dissimilar from XP Pro) and one MCE disc (disc 2) that is used when prompted. The three disc set is the same with the addition of an update disc (.net framework and some other stuff). There is also an OEM branded DVD version with everything on one disc.

Disc1 is basically “i386” typical install files and disc 2 is basically “CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386” MCE files. If you omit disc 2 during install the end result is an XP Pro install.

Therefore for a MCE OEM PC one would want to backup “C:\CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386” if present as disc2 and maybe .net framework updates that you can download. Tablet PC files have a similar path,…something like: C:\CMPNENTS\TABLET\I386,…..but I would have to check on that one,….

Users may also want to try using the following method to save themselves the hassle of activation:

Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP

Since we are talking about OEM Microsoft OSes there will likely be only one online activation allowable before a call to Microsoft becomes compulsory for each subsequent activation. Preserving OEM Pre-Activation would in that light save even more effort and frustration,….from a certain point of view.

I’m fairly certain I can just modify my recovery set by making another set that omits the ad-ware trial-ware and unwanted-ware since the location on the disc set is known. However, I have already made an OS install CD, driver install CD and application install CD.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:59:04 EDT

Oleg : I agree it's to much work it's better to invest $120 for Windows XP Pro.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:16:54 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Windows XP Pro is what you would use..

Step 6, for Windows XP Professional. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:06:35 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Waldoooo

I'll see if I can make one but it will be a DVD.. ;)

Everything can't fit on a CD-R. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:30:01 EDT

waldoooo : My XP is one of the first versions w/SP2 on the cd already, I would find making my own useful if I could add all of my windows updates to it rather than having to download them all over again next time I load my computer. Is it possible to include all of the updates?

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:17:02 EDT

short09 : too many steps

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:26:38 EDT

Bumpin1ohm : out of the time it took to read this i could haev downloaded a xp professional corporate edition sp2 streamlined unattended + updated version of windows... nvm i did :)
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:44:25 EDT

brydry : Nice tutorial. What "adjustments" would need to be done if the os is XP media center 2005? Or can I just create for XP pro?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:41:21 EDT

Octavean :

said by Jimmy Carter :

Howie, your wrong.

I only posted it because a lot of people got OEM computers and no Windows XP CD to reinstall the operating system..

The very best thing about my CD method is that it is instantly recognized by Microsoft as the operating system that came loaded on the computer. :D

I know what you mean I posted a little something about it here:

»Examining HP Recovery Discs, What You See Is What You Get

The goal was basically to let people know the basic locations of the OS install files, driver install files and if necessary install files for individual application on OEM systems.

***edit***
Now my interests are to start the same process with Vista OEM systems. Unfortunately, I haven’t really had much of an opportunity to work with unaltered OEM Vista systems so I haven’t been able to figure out the process. I’m guessing everything is there though,…..

***edit***
I mean, if you think about it, with Vista there is no i386 file or WINNT.exe / WINNT32.exe file so the install method differs somewhat.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:08:17 EDT

dvd536 : Is there some software that will automate this process?
seems if someone took all the effort to figure this all out, they'd have coded a small piece of software to do it automatically.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:07:33 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Howie, your wrong.

I only posted it because a lot of people got OEM computers and no Windows XP CD to reinstall the operating system..

The very best thing about my CD method is that it is instantly recognized by Microsoft as the operating system that came loaded on the computer. :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:49:58 EDT

howie :

said by KrazyDawg :

said by No Boots :

said by howie :

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can boot a Windows 98 Startup floppy with CD ROM support (assuming you have a floppy drive and a Win98 startup floppy), change to the drive with the CD containing the i386 folder and then type WINNT when inside the i386 folder.

I boot with 98 and has cdrom support, but I cannot se anything in the i386 folder. he shows no files. In WIndows he shows driver.cab and sp2.cab :(

You can also download a boot disk for any OS from »www.bootdisk.com/

Thanks, it's been so long since I needed one that I forgot about bootdisk.com. Excellent suggestion. :-)
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:17:38 EDT

jays2345 : you guys just reminded me how much i hate windows :p

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:03:55 EDT

KrazyDawg :

said by No Boots :

I boot with 98 and has cdrom support, but I cannot se anything in the i386 folder. he shows no files. In WIndows he shows driver.cab and sp2.cab :(

You can also download a boot disk for any OS from »www.bootdisk.com/

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:33:13 EDT

Octavean : Users can still run into problems depending on their methods of booting.

For example if someone is booting a self built or OEM (Dell, HP, Compaq or other) PC with a HDD already formatted in NTFS and uses an antiquated boot method that doesn’t recognize NTFS it could get a little sketchy.

But basically all you need are the install files and the ability to boot,…

***edit***
If you already have the i386 folder on the HDD (preferably in a location that wont be overwritten during the installation) the installation can be started from there within windows using the WINNT32.exe file or at the comand prompt using WINNT.exe.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:58:02 EDT

matradley :

said by installer :

Or you can go to »www.nliteos.com/ download the free software and create a fully custom install cd

+1 for that.. Or you can use the Sysprep utility provided with the XP installation disk. :P

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:27:05 EDT

Jimmy Carter : But my CD is recognized as the CD that came with the OEM computer...

I went the nLite route years ago.

The smallest one I made was 180MB but it was not legal. I couldn't activate it. :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:24:52 EDT

Jimmy Carter : I posted how to make your own Norton Ghost 9.0 recovery disk on the software forum..

Creat a partition , install two operating systems..

Restore quickly using the recovery disk environment. :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:22:38 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Hey, you don't need a hard drive to test it. Create a partition, it is really easy to do.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:58:44 EDT

anon : Or you can go to »www.nliteos.com/ download the free software and create a fully custom install cd

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:17:06 EDT

javaMan :

said by AB :

said by DOStradamus :

TO CLEAR ONE THING UP: the MSCDEX.EXE switch "/L:" specifies where to start assigning CD-ROM drive letters. Pick a "high" enough one, and the AUTOEXEC.BAT on the floppy image, that's loaded as the boot image on your CD, can then look like this:

MSCDEX /D:MSCD069 /L:X
SMARTDRV
X:
CD \I386
WINNT

.... and you can walk up to *almost any" computer, and boot right off the CD into Windows SETUP!

Yeah, that's about as clear as mud, at first glance.
It might look to be in crystal-sharp focus to you, but not to me.

I've gotten the information I need, though. Maybe.
Thank you anyway.

Using the information above in the autoexec.bat file eliminates the need to issue the commands to start the setup manually. And by assigning a drive letter high in the alphabet you can minimize the possibility of running into conflicts with logical drive assignments if a computer has several hard drives. The information isn't critical to making a usable CD, but it makes life easier.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:07:59 EDT

AB :

said by DOStradamus :

. . I think I'm getting closer and closer to never needing to ever see a barber again, every time some poster here needs some kind of alternate bootable device, doesn't have a floppy drive, can't make a bootable CD (or hasn't, and can't because his 'puter's broken).

I cannot stress enough how important it is, to have just one other bootable disk of some sort around.

Is this directed at me?
I have several discs stored that I can boot from. I don't recall asking "how can I make a boot CD?"

TO CLEAR ONE THING UP: the MSCDEX.EXE switch "/L:" specifies where to start assigning CD-ROM drive letters. Pick a "high" enough one, and the AUTOEXEC.BAT on the floppy image, that's loaded as the boot image on your CD, can then look like this:

MSCDEX /D:MSCD069 /L:X
SMARTDRV
X:
CD \I386
WINNT

.... and you can walk up to *almost any" computer, and boot right off the CD into Windows SETUP!

Yeah, that's about as clear as mud, at first glance.
It might look to be in crystal-sharp focus to you, but not to me.

I've gotten the information I need, though. Maybe.
Thank you anyway.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:45:35 EDT

DOStradamus : Can I ask what I hope to be a *REALLY DUMB* question around here, but how many of you out there don't have an old, used and spare hard drive sitting around someplace?

I think I'm getting closer and closer to never needing to ever see a barber again, every time some poster here needs some kind of alternate bootable device, doesn't have a floppy drive, can't make a bootable CD (or hasn't, and can't because his 'puter's broken).

I cannot stress enough how important it is, to have just one other bootable disk of some sort around.

TO CLEAR ONE THING UP: the MSCDEX.EXE switch "/L:" specifies where to start assigning CD-ROM drive letters. Pick a "high" enough one, and the AUTOEXEC.BAT on the floppy image, that's loaded as the boot image on your CD, can then look like this:

MSCDEX /D:MSCD069 /L:X
SMARTDRV
X:
CD \I386
WINNT

.... and you can walk up to *almost any" computer, and boot right off the CD into Windows SETUP!

-NK

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:33:35 EDT

AB :

said by javaMan :

said by AB :

What does creating a boot disk have to do with this? . . .

The CD needs to be bootable when the computer starts or you will get the message the other guy got "Insert bootable media." In other words, an operating system must be loaded from the CD in order to be able to do anything else. Once the computer has an operating system running, it's simply a case of logging onto the CD drive, usually the next letter after all the logical drives (on mine it's F:) and then navigating to the i386 directory that was burned to the CD and executing WINNT.

Ah! Now your talkin'! Thanks, javaMan!

All of those parameters are already in place for me.
Also Acronis backups of my current installation.

I may just have to run this one on up the ol' flagpole.
Thank you again, javaMan. :)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:23:25 EDT

javaMan :

said by AB :

said by javaMan :

There a several ways to create a boot disk but the simplest is to use something like Nero which includes a feature to create a bootable CD since many, if not most, computers no longer have floppy disks. Do you use Nero?

No, I don't use Nero. What does creating a boot disk have to do with this?

I'm asking a clarification question of someone who says I can (apparently or theoretically) reinstall my OEM XP installation directly from an I386 folder using a couple of DOS commands.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:15:45 EDT

AB :

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:03:11 EDT

javaMan :

said by AB :

said by DOStradamus :

. . This loads the SMARTDRV disk cache (*very* important), and makes the CD-ROM drive letters start at X: , so we can boot off it, then:
X:
CD \I386
WINNT

...and we're off the the races!

re: My specific situation (Win98 & floppies out of the picture)--

Disregard the 'X:', change 'X:' to 'C:', or change 'X:' to whatever letter my CD drive is currently set at?

Thanks.

There a several ways to create a boot disk but the simplest is to use something like Nero which includes a feature to create a bootable CD since many, if not most, computers no longer have floppy disks. Do you use Nero?
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:48:09 EDT

AB :

re: My specific situation (Win98 & floppies out of the picture)--

Disregard the 'X:', change 'X:' to 'C:', or change 'X:' to whatever letter my CD drive is currently set at?

Thanks.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:25:23 EDT

DOStradamus : To make a bootable Win98 DOS floppy (or image for a bootable CD) with the minimum for installing XP, et.al:

FORMAT/S under Win98 DOS

Copy these files over to it:
HIMEM.SYS
OAKCDROM.SYS
MSCDEX.EXE
SMARTDRV.EXE

Make this your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD069
DOS=HIGH
LASTDRIVE=X

And this for AUTOEXEC.BAT:
MSCDEX /D:MSCD069 /L:X
SMARTDRV

This loads the SMARTDRV disk cache (*very* important), and makes the CD-ROM drive letters start at X: , so we can boot off it, then:
X:
CD \I386
WINNT

...and we're off the the races!

-NK

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:42:58 EDT

Oleg : I like to have fun with n-lite :-)

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:30:13 EDT

anon :

I boot with 98 and has cdrom support, but I cannot se anything in the i386 folder. he shows no files. In WIndows he shows driver.cab and sp2.cab :(

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:16:39 EDT

howie :

said by Oleg :

Already own Windows XP Pro CD do not think i need to make my own :D

Yes, but think of all the fun you'll have making one! ;)
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:15:21 EDT

Oleg : Already own Windows XP Pro CD do not think i need to make my own :D

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:04:50 EDT

howie : Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can boot a Windows 98 Startup floppy with CD ROM support (assuming you have a floppy drive and a Win98 startup floppy), change to the drive with the CD containing the i386 folder and then type WINNT when inside the i386 folder.
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Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:03:00 EDT

anon :

said by DOStradamus :

That assumes that the I386 tree exists on the hard drive...

If so, why go through all the hassle above? just burn \I386 and everything in it (only) to a CD. To run SETUP, CD to \I386, and use the command WINNT.

-NK

Where do I put the service pack files ? Did you find a way to make the CD boot ? I cannot run any commands unless the computer boots up.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:38:31 EDT

AB :

Hmmmm. This gets my attention.

I have (had) an OEM install that my Recovery CD's are no longer (apparently) usable to me from.

I also happen to have the I386 folder that was in the Windows folder from that installation backed up & stored on CD.

You're saying I can just use that I386 folder to reinstall the OEM installation?

If so, what are the exact commands I would need or use again, please?

Thanks.

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:33:10 EDT

anon :

said by DOStradamus :

just burn \I386 and everything in it (only) to a CD. To run SETUP, CD to \I386, and use the command WINNT.

I tried that and the computer does not recognize the CD. It keeps saying "Insert bootable media". :(

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:25:30 EDT

DOStradamus : That assumes that the I386 tree exists on the hard drive...

If so, why go through all the hassle above? just burn \I386 and everything in it (only) to a CD. To run SETUP, CD to \I386, and use the command WINNT.

-NK

Re: Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:21:31 EDT

Loco : Yep, it works.

I successfully made a cd..:+)

Make your own Windows XP CD.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:44:17 EDT

Jimmy Carter : Make your own Windows XP CD.
by JimmyCarter- 9/24/07 8:44AM

Don't let the length of this scare you..I wrote it for people that are NOT so PC smart and they understand pictures so I made it picture friendly to show them how easy it is. THEY COULD DO IT!!!!!
________________________________________
Make your own Windows XP CD from your operating system that is installed on your own computer. The windows product key is on the tower and it will work and will instantly be recognized as the legal operating system for your computer when you use the Windows XP CD you make to install the operating system.

Step number 1.

First you have to click on my computer and then click on Drive C and then click on Windows and see if the i386 folder is present. If the i386 folder is there you can make your own XP CD, if it is not present you can’t make the CD…. HOWEVER if you do have a recovery disk I can show you how to get the i386 folder from the recovery disk. I am sure it is on the recovery disk.

Here is a picture of the Windows folder showing the i386 folder. Notice is is after the help folder on mine.

»img110.imageshack.us/my.php?imag···6xh2.jpg

Step number 2.

Click on drive C and then click on file and click on new and create a new folder in drive C.

Right click on the new folder and select rename and name it exactly like this:XPSETUP

Here is a picture of how drive C will look when you finish step 2.

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Step number 3.

Click on drive C again and click on Windows and click on the i386 folder and copy it into the XPSETUP folder you just created. This may take 4 or 5 minutes to do.

Here is a picture of the XPSETUP folder showing the size of the i386 folder when I hold the mouse over the folder. 453 MB of data.

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Step number 4.
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Create a new folder and put it on your desktop. Label the folder CD burner and boot files.
Go to these two web sites and download these two programs into the folder labeled CD burner and boot files.

Boot files.

»www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=wxp10.zip

A very small CD burner that we use.

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Here is a picture of what it looks like when you are finished.

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Step number 5.
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Step number 5.

Open the CD burner and boot files folder and right click on the wxp10 zip file and select extract here and a cds folder appears as shown in this picture.

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Now click on the cds folder and it opens TWO new folders labeled wxphome and wxppro.

Click on the wxphome and open it and three files appear…. ONLY click on the folder labeled files and three files are in the folder labeled w2ksect, win51, and win51ic.

Now open drive C and copy or drag the file labeled w2ksect into drive C so it looks like this picture:

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It doesn’t matter what the icon looks like as long as it is the w2ksect file.
Step number 6.
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If you are not sure what your computer is right click on My Computer and click on properties and this box will appear. Here is a picture of it: Notice what it says it is: Notice mine says:
Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

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Step number 6.
For Windows XP Home Service Pack 2

Click on start and click on programs and click on accessories and right click on notepad and pin it to the start menu.

Open note pad and type the word Windows and then ONE time hit the space bar like you were going to type another word. and then hit enter to bring it down one line only. Type Windows with a capital W like I have it.

Now click on file and save as and type “win51” and save it into the XPSETUP folder in drive C. Be sure to put the quotes exactly as I have them.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic.SP1” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51ic.SP2” into XPSETUP folder.

When you are finished this is what the XPSETUP folder looks like.

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Step number 6.

For Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Click on start and click on programs and click on accessories and right click on notepad and pin it to the start menu.

Open note pad and type the word Windows and then ONE time hit the space bar like you were going to type another word. and then hit enter to bring it down one line only. Type Windows with a capital W like I have it.

Now click on file and save as and type “win51” and save it into the XPSETUP folder in drive C. Be sure to put the quotes exactly as I have them.

Do it again and this time save as “win51iP” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51iP.SP1” into XPSETUP folder.

Do it again and this time save as “win51iP.SP2” into XPSETUP folder.

When you are finished this is what the XPSETUP folder looks like.

When you are finished this is what the XPSETUP folder looks like.

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Step number 7.
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Step number 7.

Open notepad and Copy and Paste what I have below starting with IBB and including the words [END_BACKUP_OPTIONS]

On the left hand side click on desktop and save it to the desktop just like this:
Click on file and save as “XPSETUP.ibb” {including the quotes}exactly as this onto the desktop.

IBB

[START_BACKUP_OPTIONS]
BuildMode=1
Destination=0
TestMode=0
Verify=1
WriteSpeed=0
Copies=0
FileSystem=0
PreserveFullPathnames=0
RecurseSubdirectories=1
IncludeHiddenFiles=0
IncludeSystemFiles=0
IncludeArchiveFilesOnly=0
AddToWriteQueueWhenDone=0
ClearArchiveAttribute=0
VolumeLabel_ISO9660=VRMHOEM_EN
VolumeLabel_Joliet=
VolumeLabel_UDF=
Identifier_System=
Identifier_VolumeSet=
Identifier_Publisher=
Identifier_Preparer=
Identifier_Application=
Dates_FolderFileType=0
Restrictions_ISO9660_InterchangeLevel=0
Restrictions_ISO9660_AllowMoreThan8DirectoryLevels =1
Restrictions_ISO9660_AllowMoreThan255CharactersInP ath=1
Restrictions_ISO9660_AllowFullASCIICharacterSet=1
Restrictions_ISO9660_DontAddVersionNumberToFiles=1
Restrictions_Joliet_InterchangeLevel=1
Restrictions_Joliet_AddVersionNumberToFiles=0
BootableDisc_MakeImageBootable=1
BootableDisc_MediaEmulationType=0
BootableDisc_BootImageFile=C:\w2ksect.bin
BootableDisc_DeveloperIdentifier=
BootableDisc_LoadSegment=07C0
BootableDisc_LoadSectorCount=4
[END_BACKUP_OPTIONS]

[START_BACKUP_LIST]
C:\XPSETUP
[END_BACKUP_LIST]

Here is a picture of what it looks like on the desktop:

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Step number 8 is big so I made it 8A and 8B.

Step number 8 A

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Step number 8 A.

Open the CD burner and boot files folder and click on the and install Imgburn.

After it is installed click on it and run it and it opens like this:

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Click on the X on the ImgLog underneath and close it.

Now click on mode and select build and it looks like this:

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Now click on file and select load project…it looks like this:

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This is the picture that open when you load the project, NOW CLICK ON the
XPSETUP file and it will load the project to burn the Windows XP CD.
Make sure you put a clean CD-R CD in the CD drive.

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If you do it right here is what it looks like. It will say project loaded successfully.

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Now click on options and choose ISO9660+Joliet like I show in this picture.

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Step number 8 B
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Step number 8 B

Now click on Label. Since I am doing my HP Windows XP Home SP 1a and SP 2 OEM….I will label the example in my picture: X1AHOEM_EN
You will label yours whatever you PC is.

Windows XP Home OEM WXHOEM_EN
Windows XP Home SP 1 OEM XRMHOEM_EN
Windows XP Home SP 1a and SP 2 OEM X1AHOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional OEM WXPOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional SP 1 OEM XRMPOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional SP 1a and SP 2 OEM X1APOEM_EN

Here is the picture and it is ready to write the Windows XP CD. Notice in the lower left hand corner of the picture it says “ready” which means I have the correct blank CD in the CD drive.
Click on the folder and picture of CD I highlighted for you and it will write the CD now.

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When your CD is finished writing the Windows XP files onto the CD leave the CD in the drive and boot the computer and if it boots to “select any key to boot from CD” you did it right if Windows starts the installing process.

Now listen, don’t go deleting your operating system because you now have a Windows XP CD that came with your computer.

Make sure it works first and don’t do anything stupid.

The best way to see if it works is to boot to it and choose R for repair and see if it loads. If it loads perfectly and you enter repair mode it may be OK.

Test install on a partition you create just for it. Name the new partition Test XP and boot from the Windows XP CD you made and choose Test XP partition as the target for the installation.

The first time I did this I didn’t the use Joliet file system and some files didn’t load but it still installed correctly without them.

I saved all my pictures urls to my favorites so if any picture does not load correctly alert me and I’ll post it again.

Note, if don’t use the Joliet file system any - or similar symbols would not be recognized and therefore would not load when installing the operating system from the XP CD you made.

The three that won't load are cyclad-Z.inf and cyclom-y.inf and SV-262el.png and notice they all have a hyphen.

Although when I first did it without using the Joliet file system it still installed perfectly and I didn’t bother to look up how these three files {MISSING} would effect the operating system.

If you have a problem and want to post a picture for me to help you:

Here are the steps to post a picture on the internet .Takes three minutes.

1. Post the picture on your desktop.
2. Click on print screen key. It is the key to the right of F12.
3. Click on paint. Paint is found under Start, programs, accessories, paint. Right click on it and "pin to start menu".
4. Click on edit and click on "paste".
5. Click on file and "save as" and change to JPEG format so it is in KB's and not MB's.
6. Save it to the desktop.
7. Open image shack and click on browse. »imageshack.us/
8. Click on desktop because that is where you saved the picture.
9. Click on the picture and it loads on image shack. Click "host it'.
10. When image shack loads it is small. Click on it and make it big.
11. Right click on it and get the URL or copy the url from the address bar if it is visible. Either one will work because they are the same.
12. Save it to bookmarks and post the url in your notes for reference.

Finally, I tested all URL links before posting and they all work perfectly.

I saved all my URL addresses to my favorites so if any picture does not load correctly alert me and I’ll post it again.

** Important….the i386 folder must be under approximately 700 MB’s or it won’t fit on the CD-R. Look at my picture in step 3 of what is in my i386 folder and imitate it. Notice mine only has 453 MB’s.

If anyone gets stuck, I’ll post the contents of my i386 folder in a picture.

Remember if you don’t have an i386 folder you can’t make a Windows XP CD.

Good luck and don’t give up. It is easy to do.

Here is a list of all the url's in the order used:

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