Boot disk with NTFS support?

[CZroe]

Did any version of Windows NT come with a setup disk which supported NTFS and had a command prompt?

The reason why I ask is because I want to copy the setup directory from my Windows XP CDROM to a blank hard drive and run setup from there. This way it will never ask me for the CDROM again. I always do this with Windows 9x operating systems, but cannot do it with Windows XP. Although the Windows XP CDROM is bootable, it goes right into setup without allowing me to go to a command line. Also, I doubt it has the tools to format a drive in NTFS from a command line. A little help please?

 

[Bglad]

Onlything I've seen available is NTFSDOS.

 

[bozo1]

Why not just install XP the normal way and then copy the files when you are done?

All of the bootable disks that get you to a command prompt on an NTFS drive are very limited in what you can do - simple file copies and stuff but not much more - no formatting, etc. I doubt you'd find one that gives you CDROM access anyway.

 

[bignick]

have you tried this?

 

[CZroe]

Yes, I have done that before. However, I prefer to do a Windows installation by copying the files and running setup from the HD. Windows will automatically configure the path. There are advantages of doing it this way. For instance, copying to a formatted drive puts all of the setup files at the beginning of the drive, and none of the files will be fragmented. Setup completes much faster from an HD compared to a CDROM...