Skillful DIY homemade universal xp mirror

Although reinstalling the system is not a technically significant thing, installing the system, installing the driver, etc. during the installation of the system will be time consuming and very troublesome. If there is a versatile xp image file. Redoing the system is much simpler. Let's learn together, how to make a versatile xp image yourself.

I. Getting Ready

Install Windows XP and use Windows Update to upgrade the latest system patches (including SP3 and other latest Hot fixes). Also install the required application at the same time, but don't be greedy, because installing the application on the C drive is not recommended, and it will cause the Ghost image file to be too large.

Second, for Windows XP to lose weight

Regardless of whether you need to burn the final Ghost image file to the disc, you should lose weight on Windows XP to minimize the Ghost image file. Capacity. The main items that can be deleted are as follows:

1. System File Protection Cache

It is located in the C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Dllcache directory, we only need to run in the Command Prompt window. ;sfe . exe/purgecache” can be removed.

2.Clear the page file

Right click on “My Computer" and select “Properties”. In the "System Properties" dialog that opens, select the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button under "Development" and select in the "Performance Options" dialog box that opens. “Advanced” tab, then click the “Change” button in the lower right corner to open the “Virtual Memory” dialog. By default, the virtual memory file is saved in the Windows XP installation directory. We only need to select the "no paging file" option below, and then click the “Set” button. The virtual memory file is deleted after you restart your computer. Pay attention to the hard disk image file and then reset the virtual memory.

3. Turn off System Restore

In the "System Properties" dialog box that opens, select the "System Restore" tab, select “ turn off System Restore on all drives. & rdquo; The checkbox in front of it can be.

4. Other methods

We can also use other methods such as deleting help files, deleting unwanted input methods, font files, etc. to further reduce Windows. The size of the partition where XP is located.

Third, the operation of the driver

Since we are making a versatile Windows XP Ghost file, the hardware configuration on the target computer and the current computer configuration are definitely not the same, so We are going to remove the device drivers on the current computer.

1. Delete the normal driver

1 In the “Run” dialog box, enter “>devmgrnt.rnsc” and press Enter to open the “Device Manager” console. window.

2 Locate the network adapter, right-click the NIC device name under it, and click the “Uninstall” menu item on the pop-up menu.

3 Use a similar method to uninstall device drivers such as universal serial bus controllers, video game controllers, graphics cards, and sound cards. It should be noted here that if the system prompts you to restart, you must not restart the machine, so as to avoid the system self-assertion and reinstall the driver.

2. Update ACPI properties

Then we need to change the computer's ACPI property to Standard PC, because if there are different types of ACPI in the target computer, the newly cloned target computer will Unable to implement computer soft shutdown, and may crash after the first boot! The steps are as follows:

1 Right-click on the Device Manager console window "Computer”→“ACPI Uniprocessor PC”, click on the “Update Driver” menu item on the pop-up menu;

2 In the “Hardware Update Wizard” dialog box that opens, select “Install from list or specific location” ( Advanced) & rdquo; option, and click “ Next & rdquo; button;

3 In the next page, select "Don't search, I have to choose the driver to install" option, and Click “Next” button;

4 Then select the “Standsrd PC” option and follow the on-screen prompts Next, but only when prompted to restart, do not Restart!

3. Update IDE Controller Properties

The final step in the device driver is to change the IDE ATA /ATAPI controller. Remind everyone that this step is very important, because everyone knows that different motherboards, such as Intel, Nforce 2, VIA and other motherboards, the IDE ATA /ATAPI controller drivers are very different, can not be universal!

1 Right-click IDE ATA /ATAPI Controller, Intel (r) 82371 AB /EB Bus Master IDE Controller in the Device Manager console window, and click the "Update Drivers" menu item on the pop-up menu;

2 In the "Hardware Update Wizard" dialog box that opens, select the "Install from the list or specific location (Advanced)" option and click the "Next" button;

3 In the next page, select “Don't search, I choose the driver to install” option, and click ““Next” button;

4 Then select ““ Standard dual-channel PCI IDE controller & rdquo; option, and follow the on-screen prompts Next, but only when prompted to restart, do not restart!

Fourth, prepare the main image file

Delete The & ldquo; machine tools & rdquo; on the driver, it can not be said to have instant success. This is because each computer has a unique security identifier (SID: security identifier). If you copy the disk image directly to another computer, all other computers will have the same SID, so you need to remove it with the Sysprep tool. “ The parent machine's SID, which forces the target computer to generate a new SID.

1. Auto Answer File

When the target computer resumes the clone backup, the system will start a Mini-Setup wizard process, which will prompt us to enter specific computer variables, such as administrators. Password, computer name, etc. However, since the driver is removed from the clone backup, it is not possible to interact with the keyboard or mouse at this stage. However, we can create an auto-install answer file that will automatically answer the questions raised by the installer.

1 Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and release the DEPLOY.CAB file in the \\SUPPORT\\TOOLS\\ directory to the C:\\Sysprep directory;

2 Then run the setupmgr. Exe file, select "Sysprep installation" in the Select installation type interface;

3 Fill in the necessary information according to the screen prompts, click the "Next" button until the last time you save the configuration For the file dialog, make sure the final installation script path is C:\\ Sysprep\\ sysprep.inf.

2. Repacking

Now you can use the Sysprep tool to remove the SID of the "mother machine", which is very simple: run the Sysprep.exe program in the C:\\Sysprep directory, and then open it. Click the “Repackage" button in the window. Next, you will be prompted to regenerate the SID on the next boot, click the “OK” button, and wait a moment, the computer will automatically shut down.

V. Cloning the master image file

After the computer is shut down, we can boot the computer with the Ghost boot disk, and then click the <quo;Local→Partition→To Image” command to specify the source partition. For the C drive, set the path and file name of the Ghost image file to start the backup. After the backup, we have a versatile Windows XP image file!

It seems that these operations are very troublesome, and the various steps are dazzling, but we only have to trouble this time, make a self-made one. The versatile xp image will not be so troublesome to reinstall the system in the future, which will save you more time.