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Comment from Tinker Dude on 2011-06-30

2011-06-30T19:01:53Z

My previous post.........create a a desktop folder to put C:/I386 into, or you might end with files all over the desktop.

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Comment from Tinker Dude on 2011-06-30

2011-06-30T18:50:27Z

I found C:/I386 on my Compaq V6000 notebook. I wanted a fresh XP install minus the bloatware included on the recovery discs and partition.
I copied C:/I386 to the desktop, then, copied the 4 oembios files located in C:/Windows into the I386 folder on the desktop, used search to locate them.
Opened the I386 folder on desktop with Nlite, Windows XP MCE 2005 was detected, selected cancel when asked to browse for components location, I won't be using media centre.

sliptreamed SP3, intergrated drivers that had been backed up with Double Driver freeware program.
Ran a freeware key-finder, inserted generic OEM in unattended setup, removed media centre option in Nlite.
Works a treat, hope this helps someone.

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Comment from Dave on 2011-06-01

2011-06-01T23:12:42Z

Hi,
I successfully installed xp home sp3 on a machine using the i386 folder which I had managed to recover from a failing hard drive. I installed PowerISO on a different machine, this is what I used to produce the bootable install CD. I used an xp home sp3 image and that's it!
1. Open xp home sp3 image in poweriso (right click xp image and "open with...poweriso")
You should see the entire contents of the image in poweriso.
3. Delete the i386 folder.
4. Copy over the i386 folder I want to use into poweriso.
5. Burn disk at low speed.

Result:- one bootable xp home sp3 disk.
No need for Product Key.
I was able to perform a fresh install of xp using this disk. It is important you use the correct version of the xp image. If I had used an xp home sp2 image then the install would have failed because the pc I was trying to repair originally came with xp home sp3.
Thanks.
Dave

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Comment from Peter on 2010-02-17

2010-02-18T04:59:06Z

everything very nice but. I purchesed referbished computer with legal key for windows xp proffesional. I do not have the disk. I have a legal copy of window xp home edition. I installed that home edition version and copied the I386 folder from another computer running on windows xp proffesional. I run winnt32.exe and the installation (upgrade) process started nicely as I expected. I enterd the key from the case of the newly purchesed referbished computer and .. great the installation is going. However at certain moment the setup goe to the required automatic restart. At this moment everithng stops. The machine can not restart. Black screen with flashing cursor. I wait few hours and nothing happend. After manual restart I got option to start windows home edition or go to setup of the xp professional. I chose the second option and it took mi immedietly to the black screen and flashing cursor. Choosing xp home just start the home version of widos xp from which I can start the whole proces again. Any sugestion how to get windows xp professional on my computer?

Thank you

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Comment from xp man on 2009-01-14

2009-01-15T03:15:23Z

you may won to look at this page it is step by step to help you create an boot able windows cd it works very well only takes about 30min

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml

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Comment from Edward Lockhart on 2007-12-22

2007-12-23T06:31:42Z

It is far easier and more efficient to make an image of your OS partition with Acronis or Drive Image and to restore your drive with this back-up image when necessary.This is a quite fast and reliable method of restore and also protects and preserves settings,connections,and any installed programs.Further benefits can also be gained by saving an image of a "virgin install" and using it to "start fresh" if need be,as this is much faster than normal OS installs.I highly recommend use of these imaging methods for ALL computer owners and users.Making images of other partitions and data is also a very useful tool for complete backup and safety of your computer.You can save these image files on DVD,an external drive,on other drives or all for multiple backup with ease.Imaging as such will save you many hours and bring your systems back in a flash...Be sure to make an Bootable Recovery Disk and keep this in safe storage with your image disks.

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Comment from allan frahm on 2007-12-22

2007-12-23T01:48:34Z

much trouble trying to access links on 12/22-click
on a link and an add comes up for many different
items and cannot print your replies in many
cases it is blocked.

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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2007-12-22

2007-12-22T13:42:19Z

Just a few notes:

setup.exe - Only works within Windows. I formated my hard drive when I first installed WinXP, booted from a floppy disk, only to discover the setup program would not run from DOS. I had to reinstall WinME, set everything up again, go online to find out how to install for a clean hard drive (my computer at the time couldn't boot of a CDROM either)

winnt32.exe - This is for a MSDOS or command prompt within Windows.

winnt.exe - If you can't boot of a CD, and formated your hard drive, hopefully you can boot of a floppy, this is the one to start the install.

Terry Hollett
www.geocities.com/terryhollett2003/

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Comment from Wayne Feese on 2007-12-21

2007-12-22T02:47:50Z

Leo, when I first installed XP I copied the Xp disk to my hard drive to C:\XP. This has saved me a coulple of times. A set of boot disk is also helpful if you cannot dind your original Cd

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