Storing XP CD files on Hard drive

[Gene Bomgardner]

Hi - I've installed XP Pro on my pc. When I used Win98 I
could keep the cabinet files on the pc's hard drive so
changes and repairs didn't send me scarmbling for the CD.
Can the same be done with XP and if so how?

Yhanks

Gene

[Chris Jackson \(MVP\)]

You can put the contents of the i386 file onto your hard drive, but there is
very little need for that once you have the components installed that you
are using. Critical system files are already kept in duplicate for automatic
repair in the event that something goes awry, and drivers.cab is already
copied in its entirety. Copying the contents of your CD will end up being a
third copy of nearly everything.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
--
"Gene Bomgardner" > wrote in message
...
> Hi - I've installed XP Pro on my pc. When I used Win98 I
> could keep the cabinet files on the pc's hard drive so
> changes and repairs didn't send me scarmbling for the CD.
> Can the same be done with XP and if so how?
>
> Yhanks
>
> Gene
>
>

[NoNoBadDog!]

Copy the I386 folder from the CD to your HDD. The next time windows asks
you for the disk...simply point it to the directory where you put it, and
voila!

Bobby

"Gene Bomgardner" > wrote in message
...
> Hi - I've installed XP Pro on my pc. When I used Win98 I
> could keep the cabinet files on the pc's hard drive so
> changes and repairs didn't send me scarmbling for the CD.
> Can the same be done with XP and if so how?
>
> Yhanks
>
> Gene
>
>

[Mike Brearley]

That works except for the case where you want to add something, like IIS.
If you don't have the i386 directory on your hard drive, then you end up
scrambling to find your CD. I've always copied the entire i386 directory to
my hard drive.

Just copy the i386 folder to your c drive so you now have c:\i386.

--
Thanks,
Mike



"Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> You can put the contents of the i386 file onto your hard drive, but there
is
> very little need for that once you have the components installed that you
> are using. Critical system files are already kept in duplicate for
automatic
> repair in the event that something goes awry, and drivers.cab is already
> copied in its entirety. Copying the contents of your CD will end up being
a
> third copy of nearly everything.
>
> --
> Chris Jackson
> Software Engineer
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Associate Expert
> --
> "Gene Bomgardner" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi - I've installed XP Pro on my pc. When I used Win98 I
> > could keep the cabinet files on the pc's hard drive so
> > changes and repairs didn't send me scarmbling for the CD.
> > Can the same be done with XP and if so how?
> >
> > Yhanks
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >
>
>

[Chris Jackson \(MVP\)]

Absolutely. However, once you have installed everything you're ever going to
want, it's not doing you much good any more. If you've got the drive space
to burn, then you could save yourself some headaches on down the line.
However, if you're pretty sure you've got what you need, it's not quite as
useful with XP (which has several backup mechanisms already) as it was with
previous versions where it was borderline essential.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
--
"Mike Brearley" > wrote in message
...
> That works except for the case where you want to add something, like IIS.
> If you don't have the i386 directory on your hard drive, then you end up
> scrambling to find your CD. I've always copied the entire i386 directory
to
> my hard drive.
>
> Just copy the i386 folder to your c drive so you now have c:\i386.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
> "Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You can put the contents of the i386 file onto your hard drive, but
there
> is
> > very little need for that once you have the components installed that
you
> > are using. Critical system files are already kept in duplicate for
> automatic
> > repair in the event that something goes awry, and drivers.cab is already
> > copied in its entirety. Copying the contents of your CD will end up
being
> a
> > third copy of nearly everything.
> >
> > --
> > Chris Jackson
> > Software Engineer
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP Associate Expert
> > --
> > "Gene Bomgardner" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi - I've installed XP Pro on my pc. When I used Win98 I
> > > could keep the cabinet files on the pc's hard drive so
> > > changes and repairs didn't send me scarmbling for the CD.
> > > Can the same be done with XP and if so how?
> > >
> > > Yhanks
> > >
> > > Gene
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>