[Download I386 Folder For Windows Xp Sp3 Free
Gifford Brickley
Back in the Windows NT/2000 days, I always copied the i386 folder to the hard drive because sooner or later, some setup program was going to need something from the Windows Setup CD. Or even just adding Windows Features somewhere down the road.
What I thought I asked was the best way to have HFSLIP tell Windows Setup to copy files - in this case the i386 folder - to the hard drive during setup? I was looking for an answer such as "INF file", or "batch file", or post-setup command, etc, and which part of HFSLIP it should be added to.
The fact that you are using HFSLIP to slipstream your source does not make this a HFSLIP question. Adding and runnnig of scripts, infs etc. is standard practice during installations therefore the topic has been moved to the more general Unattended area.
otay thanks all... i see what you're saying... i'll go back under my rock now with my little solar pocket calculator... i haven't figured out why yet, but for some reason it always stops working under there...
It would also help to modify the Installation Sources value in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup. That way you won't have to tell Windows where the files are every time you need them.
Here's the way I add the Source to Windows XP 32bit during a scripted (winnt.sif/unattended.txt) installation, it works for server 2003 too. Note that I use Robocopy for the actual copy process and XP doesn't come with Robocopy.exe by default. I solve this problem by adding robocopy.exe to the \I386\$OEM$\$$\System32 directory on the installation source. Again, this is for a scripted installation - the script called from CMDLINES.TXT which launches it at T-12. The source files are copied from the temporary directories that are created during setup, and don't exist after setup is finished.
On all flavors of Windows prior to Windows Vista, the Windows install CD contained a folder called i386. After installing Windows, this folder is suppose to be copied to the C: drive. Once the folder has been copied, if user is ever installing a program or windows updates that require the Windows install CD, it will retrieve the files from the hard drive INSTEAD of prompting for the Windows CD.
On new versions of Windows, including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, the i386 folder has been renamed to "sources". Should this folder be copied to the hard drive? Or do the new versions of Windows work differently (i.e. by installing all features on the hard drive to eliminate the need for ever prompting the user to insert their disc.)
If I understand correctly, does this mean that if I do a clean install of XP from the CD and install all the necessary original drivers from the DELL Resource CD, I could then copy over the i386 (Application Data) folder from my CD to the HD, rename it back it 'i386', direct the sourcepath in the registry to the HD, reinstall XP from within Windows using WINNT32.EXE, and finally bring SP1 up-to-date with any additional updates? Will this work and will it replace at least some of the missing programs that were originally pre-installed with the system?
I'm not hung up on the i386 folder, I am just trying to ascertain if it is possible to reinstall some of the missing programs that DELL had preinstalled with the system originally (I am without backup CD's for several of these programs).
No, I am well aware of that. I have already stated that when I copied the i386 folder to CD, the folder name on the disk had changed itself to 'Application Data' instead of being called i386. I believe that I am not the only person who has experienced this name change - I came across a post on a different site the other day with someone complaining of a similar problem - If I can find the link, I'll post it. Okay I've found it....... -exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20936499.html
In short, if you do a full reformat/reinstall, junk any old \i386 folders you copied off the HD. You do NOT need to make any registry changes. The Dell XP Reinstallation CD will install a functional version of Windows. The only thing left to do is install the chipset and other hardware drivers, and then update to SP2 and install all the latest updates from Microsoft.
The thing I would recommend is to download the latest versions of any drivers you need on to CD directly from the Dell site rather than using the ones on the old Drivers CD which may be out of date.
Go here and it will walk you through a reinstallation of XP:
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I have just had a quick look through the folders on the i386CD that I copied and have found several of the programs that are 'missing' from my system. Will these not install if I run WINNT32.EXE from the i386 folder, after I have copied it to the HD of course?
I don't suppose you would have any idea what an installer would look like would you? Do you know if it would be in the form of an .exe, .ini file or some sort of setup folder? I have found a setup.exe file in the main directory, but I'm not really sure what I should be looking for. If you could give me a clue I'd be truly thankful.
you can remove i386 directory with the caveat that if you need to install new services you need the windows cd handy, or if corrupt files or if you install new hardware.it's not critical to the operation of windows itself.
I am attempting to do a dual boot install with Win 7 32 bit on a Samsung N150 netbook.(64 bit capable) Using Windows bootloader to chainload to GRUB bootloader. I've done this successfully with Arch Linux 32 bit(when it was supported). I am now trying install Arch x86_64 over it.
I then looked in the grub directory and noticed there was no i386-pc folder. I did not have this issue when I used the previously supported Arch 32 bit. I do not know how to proceed. Help and guidance would be appreciated.
Ah! I understand. 'chattr -i' removes the immutable flag. 'chattr +i' adds the immutable flag. The immutable flag is used to prevent the core.img sector location, or the file itself, from being changed. I reckon I skipped 'chattr -i' in my last arch install too then. I'll write this down in my arch install notes for future use.
Right i'll give you a little background information first. My mates sister clicked on one of them MSN virus, namely the "Is this you" one. He ran a virus scan and he found 176 viruses (a quarter of them might of been from before but doesnt matter). It got rid of them all but now everytime he starts up ZoneAlarm it comes up with this message saying do you want to delete, rename or quarantine this one virus he cannot get rid of. He tried all of them which failed. He's decided he's going to reinstall XP not just 'coz of that but it was running slow recently and all that so I suppose now is a good time.
Now onto my question, can you create a bootable CD using the I386 folder on my computer and then put it in his and then reinstall XP that way? Is this possible and if so, how? Note, both copies of XP are legit.
So do you reckon I could use the files from the I386 folder on my computer to create the bootable CD and then stick that in my mates sisters laptop and then follow the "Reinstalling Windows" instructions on that page? I ask this because would it accept a CD that was made on another computer?
That won't be an issue. You are copying files that are required to install XP. Just have your product keys at the ready when asked during the reinstall process. Oh, and before you do any of this I suggest you make a backup of essential docs, pics etc.
I was thinking of asking him that too but I'm guessing he doesn't have recovery disks. You should check to see if your laptop brand has another internal way of reinstalling windows like Acer does. I can't recall it, but if everything goes to pot on an Acer you hold some keys down during reboot and you can reinstall the OS.
I don't believe it, I now started his laptop up and I get the option to start in "safe mode", "last known good configuration" or "start windows normally". I've tried all 3 of them and I get the same outcome, the Windows XP logo comes up for about 5 seconds then this blue screen white write writing pops up for about 1 second (not giving me a chance to read it) and restarts. She installed a webcam recently, would this be it? What can I do to get into the laptop and allow me to reinstall windows?
No thats what I'm doing lol. I'm creating the the boot CD on my computer. But I've now started his laptop up only to see I can't get into Windows. So how am I meant to do the last part where it says "Browse to the 'i386' folder on the hard drive, Double-click winnt32.exe." if I can't get into Windows?
From what I gather, you boot from the newly made cd not the computer so when you boot up make sure it's from the cd drive first not the hard drive. That should get you into windows then from there into his i386 folder.
Right thanks for that, you've been a great help. I'm stuck on the last hurdle (suprise suprise). You see where it says "Browse to the 'i386' folder on the hard drive." well I goto Local Disk (C:) but it shows as nothings in there? Am I reading it right :s.
if you make a bootable XP cd... then you dont have to run winnt (when in dos) winnt32 (when in windows). If you have done this properly, you can boot from the CD and follow the instructions from there. Careful though, you might wipe out everything (unless that is what is desired).
If this is a name-brand computer (ie. HP, Dell, IBM, etc) then you could run the recovery by pressing an F-key (ie. F11 or F3 or something like that) at the initial boot screen and begin the recovery process that way. This process will wipe out everything as well.
I'm looking around for any other info too. But according to the picture you've posted it appears that there's nothing on the c drive which doesn't make sense. Have you tried to locate the i386 folder by browsing to the c drive yourself?
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