Xp Auto Install...

 Hello friends

May be this might be useful. I install 98 with backup/restore utility.

My way of auto installation of XP.

Then on second partition or the same partition XP without pagefile.sys.

Then i get a dual boot. So after booting into XP, Install all ur fav progies

n games. Test each of them, to make sure they work... etc etc... all

ur drivers also. Tweak ur xp.

make sure u unhide all files relates to win xp dir and progra files.

Then boot into 98 > goto backup utility of 98.

Select the folders used by XP, eg

my documents and settings

winxp (or windows- what ever name u gave to windows dir)

check all files in the root

program files folder

and like this all folders and files used by xp.

then start the backup process.

make sure u have ~ > 3gb of free space on the disk / partition

u r planning to save the image file.

Then when ur XP crashes or U crash it ... lol

then just boot into 98, goto restore option,

and click ok. Over write old files or new ones as u like.

It takes ~20min to install

Windows Xp  including

Office Xp

Interdev

.net framework

winzip

winrar

tweaks

easy cleaner

adobe

gif animator

acdess 6

service pack1 , and now service pack 2b

lan settings

mcafee antivirus

zone alarm

cute ftp3 pro

Easy CD-DA Extractor 7

Eraser

Ahead

Links Organizer

Bulk Rename Utility

BitStrike Software

Mozilla Firefox

Microsoft Visual Studio

Opera

Onlinetimer

Nokia

Ulead Systems

UltraISO

Virtual CD v4

SlimBrowser

Yahoo!

Msn

Webroot

Spamihilator

inetpub

U can exclude any folder, u think is not needed at that time for reinstallation.

The whole task id completed in 20 minutes ... in the mean while

I make a nice cup of tea for myself and wait for XP to start

PS: dont forget to include boot.ini file.

Hope it will help.