Installing from D drive instead of cdrom.

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***** charles

Hi all,

If I copy the i386 directory from the oem cd to the D drive
(one hd, 2 partitions, C and D) and try to install from there,
eventually the install will stop and ask for a specific file that
appearently isn't in the standard i386 directory. I have tried
XCOPY to copy all subdirectories but it usually fails some
where in the middle of the copy. After that I usually end up
copying files directory by directory manually. If anyone
knows the "exact" file XP install seeks it would be much
easier to just copy that one.Yes, I know that most computers
are unique but this has happened on so many different
installs that I get the feeling that it is a common set of files in
the subdirectories under i386.

any ideas?

thanks,
charles.....
 
Is there an OS installed on C:? If so, put the CD in the drive and drag/drop the contents to the directory on D:.
If not are you using the proper switches with xcopy?

Why not just copy over the entire CD?
What you should use is, ^ = space:

xcopy ^ cddrive:\*.* ^ d:\ ^ /a ^ /e ^ /h ^/k

/a Copies files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute.
/e Copies directories and sub directories, including empty ones.
/h Copies hidden and system files also.
/k Copies attributes. Normal xcopy will reset read-only attributes.

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You are copying only I386 folder. I suggest you to copy the entire cd
contents to a folder something like WINXP.

This is because:

May be you are not including i386's sub-folders in copy process or
You are installing some feature like additional language which may require
additional files or
your source cd not good.
 
Hey,

I have been using a W98SE boot cd for the setup routine.
After I create the two partitions I format them for fat32
but no os on the c drive. The os gets installed there by
the xp installation routine.
I have tried using xcopy but as I have said it bombs out
partly through the copy routine so I have to do the rest
of the file copying manually. Most of the time I don't do
the whole cd. If xcopy should copy the whole cd in one
shot, then my oem cd may be getting bad files on it.
There is one directory name on the cd that has more
than 8 characters in it (networking). I have never
noticed it before but it has never been a problem.
Xcopy should handle it fine? the W98SE version?
Space is cheap, it's the convenience I am after.
Shouldn't XCOPY/S E:*.* D:\XPHOEM\*,.* /V<cr>
work?

thanks,
charles.....

Is there an OS installed on C:? If so, put the CD in the drive and
drag/drop the contents to the directory on D:.
If not are you using the proper switches with xcopy?

Why not just copy over the entire CD?
What you should use is, ^ = space:

xcopy ^ cddrive:\*.* ^ d:\ ^ /a ^ /e ^ /h ^/k

/a Copies files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the
attribute.
/e Copies directories and sub directories, including empty ones.
/h Copies hidden and system files also.
/k Copies attributes. Normal xcopy will reset read-only attributes.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
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