Do you need to have an IDE hard drive?

[ribbon13]

Got a cd burner, broadband, and a gig of free space on the machine your posting from?

 

[Accipiter22]

yup

 

[Accipiter22]

the xp cd i'm using is reeeeeeally old, I mean like a month after xp came out i think it's from

 

[ribbon13]

alright
Make a folder C:\xpiso\root
copy the entire contents of the XP cd into the 'root' directory

then get sp2. pick a mirror...
http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?f...XP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe&size=278927592

 

[Accipiter22]

alright, doin that now

 

[Accipiter22]

what about sp1?

 

[ribbon13]

Doesn't matter. There progressive. A Service pack always has everything from all the previous service packs.

Download this into C:\xpiso
http://download.microsoft.com/download/...indowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe

 

[Accipiter22]

k, done....should SP2 file be saved in xpiso or the directory named root?

 

[Steven the Leech]

Originally posted by: LED
Now is the time for the F6 key and let XP recognize the Drive but I'm bowing out of this thread because I personally think ribbon13 has done one helluva job with patience and knowledge by helping you and think he deserves to be rewarded in some kinna way ...to go ribbon13!

I agree, great job. And a nice learning curve for accip..........

 

[Accipiter22]

yah seriously, i appreciate all the help man, i'd have ended up jumping off my roof by now if it wasn't for your help

 

[ribbon13]

the SP2 file should be in \xpiso

rename said file to xpsp2.exe
Start->Run
C:\xpiso\xpsp2.exe /U /X:c:\xpiso\sp2

Rename this -> WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe
to support.exe

Start->Run
C:\xpiso\support.exe /C /T:c:\xpiso\root\support\tools
It should ask about overwriting. Yes to all.

 

[Accipiter22]

alright everything's downloaded

 

[ribbon13]

inside of \xpiso\root\ make a directory "DOTNETFX"

download this into it
rename it setup.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/download/...25-44ce-90e3-bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe

 

[Accipiter22]

K it's done

 

[ribbon13]

Done everything so far? Answer your PM.

Save this over the top over the top of xpiso\root\support\tools\deploy.cab
http://download.microsoft.com/download/...owsXP-KB838080-SP2-DeployTools-ENU.cab

 

[Accipiter22]

k, i saved that thing as deploy.cab, erasing the previous version, i'll check my PM's now

 

[ribbon13]

Now you do this.

Start->Run
c:\xpiso\sp2\i386\update\update.exe /S:c:\xpiso\root

 

[Accipiter22]

there is no sp2 directory though....

 

[ribbon13]

"the SP2 file should be in \xpiso

rename said file to xpsp2.exe
Start->Run
C:\xpiso\xpsp2.exe /U /X:c:\xpiso\sp2

Rename this -> WindowsXP-KB838079-SupportTools-ENU.exe
to support.exe

Start->Run
C:\xpiso\support.exe /C /T:c:\xpiso\root\support\tools
It should ask about overwriting. Yes to all."



Did you follow all of those steps?

 

[Accipiter22]

alright, it worked, I'm ready for the next step

 

[ribbon13]

You extracted the SP2 to and intregrated with the update.exe?

Next step, do you have nero 6?

 

[Accipiter22]

i have 5.5 is that good enough?

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
No, you don't need an IDE. On all my computers with SATA, all the drives run as sata, even the burners.

word

 

[ribbon13]

http://www.tacktech.com/pub/microsoft/bootfiles/bootfiles.zip
download that and extract the boot.ima into \xpiso

Nero5.5
New Compilation
CD-ROM (Boot)

Boot tab->
Image file: C:\xpiso\boot.ima
Check Enable expert settings
No emulation
Boot message: Microsoft Corporation
Load segemnts: 0000
Secotrs: 4

ISO Tab->
ISO level 2
Mode 1
ISO 9660
Check joliet
Check all 3 Relax ISO restrictions

Label tab->
Set volume label, system identifier, volume set, and application to VRMPVOL_EN
Set publisher and data preparer to MICROSOFT_CORPORATION

Dates tab->
Check use date and time from original

Burn tab
check write and finalize. make sure determine and simulation are unchecked
For best results use x8 or x16 burn speeds
write method Disc-at-once

New button

Locate \xpiso\root
Select everything inside \root\ and drag it into the compilation

Burn dialog, double check boot tab, burn!

 

[Accipiter22]

well I wrote this from my new computer, so obviously ribbon helped me....that was an absolutely monumental effort on his part, with all the errors I needed help overcoming with getting XP installed, thanks a ton buddy, i'll fed ex you my first born son whenever that occurs...that was an unbelievable ammount of help you gave me...

now on to my next problem...i used the drivers that came with the eVGA nvidia 6800 GT video card i have..and the graphics look HORRIBLE they look sorta like a photograph being displayed 8-bit bmp file, and the screen is dark, and i can only turn up hte gamma or briteness so high before it distorts the image...it looks like i have the graphics settings as low as they'll go in diablo 2....and all the whites look like dingy, and like a photograph where the film got over exposed.......I guess i"ll make a thread about that.....I shoulda just used the drivers ribbon gave me haha