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Said by: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.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. 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 DOSCopy these files over to it:HIMEM.SYSOAKCDROM.SYSMSCDEX.EXESMARTDRV.EXEMake this your CONFIG.SYS:DEVICE=HIMEM.SYSDEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD069DOS=HIGHLASTDRIVE=XAnd this for AUTOEXEC.BAT:MSCDEX /D:MSCD069 /L:XSMARTDRVThis loads the SMARTDRV disk cache (.very.
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important), and makes the CD-ROM drive letters start at X:, so we can boot off it, then:X:CD I386WINNT.and we're off the the races!-NK. 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 I386WINNT.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? Said by: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.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. Said by: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. 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:XSMARTDRVX:CD I386WINNT.
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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. Said by: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:XSMARTDRVX:CD I386WINNT. 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. Said by: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.cabYou can also download a boot disk for any OS from »Thanks, it's been so long since I needed one that I forgot about bootdisk.com. Excellent suggestion.