Windows 2000 You will need to download most or all of these to complete the manual. NEW!!!! -- Barts all windows 2000 boot. Download here. The text file lists any changes to this manual if using this loader. Root Fix ASRV Boot fix WPRO Boot fix WSRV Boot fix
Copying the Windows XP and Windows 2000 CD's to your hard drive. Make sure that while copying all the files from your CD that you have changed your settings so you can see all hidden and system files!
Make a folder on your hard drive called ROOT.
Now in the ROOT folder make another folder called UENGLISH
Yet again in the UENGLISH folder make 2 folders Name them WNXP AND WN2K Simply copy the whole CD now to the matching folders.
Extracting the Boot Images to the correct folders. Windows XP Well, actually we are copying the floppy images the CD uses and you would normally have to make.
So return to the ROOT folder and make 2 folders. Call them WNXP and WN2K again.
Now copy all 6 floppies to the respective folders. If you don't have the floppies you will have to download them from the Microsoft website. XP HOME XP PRO XP HOME SP1 XP PRO SP1 Windows 2000 Well, actually we are extracting the floppy images the CD uses and you would normally have to make.
So return to the ROOT folder and make 3 more folders. Call them ASRV, WPRO and WSRV You should now have
Now you will need to extract the 4 boot images for each version into the respective folder under ROOT. The program that I recommend is WinImage . Once Winimage is installed just double-click the boot images to open them. They are located at UENGLISH\%OS%\BOOTDISK
Make absolutely sure that you extract all files and check the box to 'Extract with pathname'
Make absolutely sure that when you copy all the files you keep the directory structure
Then you will now need to copy the file BOOTFIX.BIN from each of the I386 folders to the respective folders under ROOT: %Drive%:\ROOT\UENGLISH\WNXP\I386 %Drive%:\ROOT\UENGLISH\WN2K\I386
From there copy BOOTFIX.BIN respectively to:
%Drive%:\ROOT\WNXP %Drive%:\ROOT\WN2K Now you will need to download the following zips and extract them into the correct boot folders. You must put them in the right folder, otherwise you will receive several errors. What exactly are the edits, well they are:
SETUPLDR.BIN--has 4 references to the directory 'i386' from the original CD for all versions. You will need to make the correct reference to the folder which contains the extracted boot floppy files directory. IE: Root\XPHM or \XPPR is where the extracted boot floppy files are contained in a multi version OS disk, the original image references the path as \i386. This edited path would now be \XPHM or \XPPR.
BIG WHOPPING NOTE: Do not edit this file unless you are using a hexeditor or the file will register as corrupt!!! UltraEdit has been recommended for beginners. It also has a trial version available for download.
TXTSETUP.SIF--the line SetupSourcePath = has been changed to point to correct location of the 'i386' folder. IE: "\UENGLISH\WNXP\" and "\UENGLISH\WN2K\" . You also need to search for txtsetup.si_ and delete it. Otherwise you will get several errors as XP will try and install with the compressed version first.
You can edit txtsetup.sif with notepad
If you don't want to edit the files yourself feel free to download the modified versions here%3
