Extract Win2003 system startup group to expand installation requirements

The Win2003 system has become the veteran of the system with security and stability, so many users will use it as the first system in the selection system. Therefore, to a certain extent, the requirements for the installation of the Win2003 system are increased. Here, we share with you how to extract the startup group when installing the Win2003 system.

1. Put your Windows 2003 installation CD into the CD-ROM drive (or copy it to a directory on your hard drive)

Then type x:\\i386\\winnt32 in "Run" .exe /noreboot .

where x: is the CD-ROM drive where your Windows installation CD is located. The installer will then prompt you to select "New installation" or "Upgrade installation".

Remember: Be sure to select "New installation", and in the next "Install Options" screen, press on the "More Options" button and at "I want Copy the installation files on all CDs " has been ticked. After the installer is finished, it will not restart your computer for installation (because you previously selected the /noreboot parameter).

At this point, there will be 2 folders in the root directory of your computer's C drive:

C:\\$ WIN_NT$.~ LS

C :\\$ WIN_NT$.~ BT

C:\\$ WIN_NT$.~ BT is the floppy boot group you need.

The above operation is best done in the virtual machine before operation. Make a snapshot, and then directly restore it, otherwise you need to modify the boot file

2. Save all the files in the startup group to a folder

Use UltraEdit32 or other binary editing tools Change all "i386" in the setupldr.bin file in the startup group to the name of the startup group folder

If it is a patched installation disk, you need to use UltraEdit32 to set 0x2060 in setupldr.bin. Change "74 03" to "EB 1A"

3. Change i386 in the w2ksect.bin boot file to the name of the startup group folder

4. Modify txtsetup. The content of

“SetupSourcePath = "\\"” in the sif file is the directory where i386 is located, the default is root Directory

The path in the setupldr.bin file tells the installer to simulate the location of the floppy disk;

The path in the txtsetup.sif file tells the installer where to copy all the installation files, Matches the directory structure. The path name after the equal sign must be added with the "" number.

The above is the operation step of extracting the Win2003 system startup group. Although the Win2003 system is a more practical system representative, it still needs us to use it skillfully. Therefore, we can extract the startup group. Make our system bigger.