Installing XP on Vista Lappy: Nlite Challenge

My new Fuji laptop has vista home premium. I want to do a fresh XP Pro install. I'm trying to use a restore disk from an older Fuji laptop with XP Pro and nlite to create an XP iso slipstreamed with drivers. Fuji has apparently had so many requests they’ve posted winXP driver executables for the new laptop even tho they all came with vista. Here’s the catch...

I copied the contents of the restore disk to the folder XPCD shown below. These files don’t have the usual xp folder config with i386 folder, et al. The 1.4GB “Image_C.FC2” file presumably contains the xp install files, along with an assortment of recover files/programs, as shown:


I’m unable to access the "Image_C.FC2" file with winrar and nlite doesn’t recognize the windows installation within these files. Instead nlite recognizes the windows xp installation on the hard drive in the windows folder of the XP laptop. Nlite identifies the version as SP0 although it is an SP2 – so that causes me to wonder if nlite is working correctly.


Will Nlite using the XP hard drive files (instead of those from the restore CD) work for what I'm trying to do?

 

I've added some screenshots - hopefully some one can help with this

 

Those files are part of a recovery disc, and as such most likely are encrypted and you will not be able to get to them. You will need to find another source for XP so you can use those files.

 

Using the XP files on the hard drive that nLite recognized wouldn't work.?.

 

just curious, how do you have black and white screen shots?

 

Assuming this is a standard version of XP (not an OEM version, which unfortunately is probably the case), you could just download a regular image of XP, and use your cd key with that.

 

Check around the folders of that disk. Make sure you set show all files and show operating system files. That way you'll see everything on that disk.

Most likely you'll find a batch file that'll run a set of commands, look for a command to extract it and should be able to find the i386 folder.

 

I'm pretty sure nLite needs the i386 folder, but who knows. It doesn't really hurt to try it. If nLite burns the disc and you can boot off it, I would think that maybe it worked.

 

You should borrow a Windows XP cd and change the PID in SETUPP.INI so it accepts your cd key. For more info look here http://wiki.djlizard.net/Product_IDs