How do you?

[EQTitan]

I'm curious as to how you copy the files over to the Hdd to keep it from asking for the disc when it needs to update things like language files etc.....

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
I'm curious as to how you copy the files over to the Hdd to keep it from asking for the disc when it needs to update things like language files etc.....

Copy the i386 folder on the CD into, say, C:\i386. Problem solved.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

I'm not sure if that'd help. The files would have an extension of like .EX_. You would have to rename it to .exe (this should be similar to other file extensions). Even then how would windows find them?

You could try making an image of the windows and install a program like Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools and mount the image.

 

[EQTitan]

Looking to do something along the line of what old computer builders would do. By this I mean they'd install the cabs files from like the win98 OS.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
I'm not sure if that'd help. The files would have an extension of like .EX_. You would have to rename it to .exe (this should be similar to other file extensions). Even then how would windows find them?

You could try making an image of the windows and install a program like Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools and mount the image.

Huh? I don't understand your objection. If you can read it off of the CD in .EX_ format, what makes you think Windows can't read it off of c:\i386 in .EX_ format?

Answer: It can. It will work just fine. Thousands of people (millions?) do exactly this.

 

[Markbnj]

Don't rename .ex_ files to .exe. They are compressed.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
Looking to do something along the line of what old computer builders would do. By this I mean they'd install the cabs files from like the win98 OS.

Then do as dclive says.

The next time you get prompted, point to the local I386 folder. You won't get prompted again.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: EQTitan
I'm curious as to how you copy the files over to the Hdd to keep it from asking for the disc when it needs to update things like language files etc.....

Copy the i386 folder on the CD into, say, C:\i386. Problem solved.

:thumbsup:

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: EQTitan
I'm curious as to how you copy the files over to the Hdd to keep it from asking for the disc when it needs to update things like language files etc.....

Copy the i386 folder on the CD into, say, C:\i386. Problem solved.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup: yes, this is very common

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
I'm not sure if that'd help. The files would have an extension of like .EX_. You would have to rename it to .exe (this should be similar to other file extensions). Even then how would windows find them?

You could try making an image of the windows and install a program like Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools and mount the image.

Huh? I don't understand your objection. If you can read it off of the CD in .EX_ format, what makes you think Windows can't read it off of c:\i386 in .EX_ format?

Answer: It can. It will work just fine. Thousands of people (millions?) do exactly this.

Agreed...if anything, when it prompts you for the CD, just browse to the folder on C:\ and it shouldn't prompt you again.

DOH...mrchad already said it. 🙂

 

[Muse]

Copy the i386 folder on the CD into, say, C:\i386. Problem solved.

Works the same for W98 and Win2000.