Backing up and installing XP from the D: drive?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The correct way to install Windows XP
is to boot from the Windows XP CD.

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| Hi all,
|
| I just got a new computer with a new oem cd of XP Home.
| The way I normally like to set one up is to make 2 partitions,
| a C: and a D:. Then I copy the i386 folder from the cd disk
| to the D: drive and go to the i386 dir and run setup from there.
| This time the cd refused to copy some of the files located in
| the subdirectories from the cd disk. I went ahead and did
| the install and it went ok. But now I am wondering why I
| counldn't copy all the files I wanted to the D: drive. Does
| MS do something to any one or more of the files to make
| them uncopyable? Is my oem cd messed up? Is the cd
| drive bad or is the hard drive go bad spots on it? Since
| everything is brand new, I am wondering if the files are
| stored in some format by MS that makes a simple copy
| command not work?
|
| thanks,
| charles.....

 

[***** charles]

Hi all,

I just got a new computer with a new oem cd of XP Home.
The way I normally like to set one up is to make 2 partitions,
a C: and a D:. Then I copy the i386 folder from the cd disk
to the D: drive and go to the i386 dir and run setup from there.
This time the cd refused to copy some of the files located in
the subdirectories from the cd disk. I went ahead and did
the install and it went ok. But now I am wondering why I
counldn't copy all the files I wanted to the D: drive. Does
MS do something to any one or more of the files to make
them uncopyable? Is my oem cd messed up? Is the cd
drive bad or is the hard drive go bad spots on it? Since
everything is brand new, I am wondering if the files are
stored in some format by MS that makes a simple copy
command not work?

thanks,
charles.....

PS. XCOPY/S

 

[Dave Harry]

One way is to boot and install from the CD...
Another is to copy the files and slipstream the installation with the latest
SP. (Which may or may not include burning a new CD)