Do whatever you want to make a universal clone of Windows XP! (1)_XP system basics

Do whatever you want to make a universal clone of Windows XP! (1)

  
Speaking of Ghost, many friends are familiar with it, and everyone uses it to clone the system. When there is a problem with the system, use it to recover a brand new system within a few minutes. However, the GHO file created with Ghost is unique, that is, it can only be used to restore its own computer. As long as the computer is changed, it cannot be used normally even if it is restored.


For those of you who are often referred to as "masters" by your friends, and who like to be helpful, how much trouble do you reload your system every time? Most of the time is wasted on it.

If you can restore your system image backed up with Ghost to any computer, isn't it a lot easier? This is still not possible in the past, but now there are ways to make this "universal clone" for any computer. Here is the most common Windows XP system as an example to introduce the specific production steps.

Creating Windows XP Universal Clone Mirror

Pre-war analysis: For Windows XP, an important issue when making universal clones is system activation, because Windows XP took to prevent piracy. The activation mechanism, when the hardware changes, the system will require reactivation, so if you want to do universal clone, it is recommended to use the Windows XP version that does not need to be activated, such as the VOL large enterprise license version.

1.Installation system


Install Windows XP to C drive normally (be careful not to install to other partitions, otherwise it will be more troublesome), and install the system security patch ( Such as shock wave patch, etc. and common software, pay attention to install only those commonly used software when installing the software, do not install anything. The recommended software is as follows: WinRAR, ACDSee, Net Transport, RealOne Player Plus, Norton AntiVirus, Super Solution V8, etc.

2. System weight loss

After installing Windows XP, even if only a few necessary small softwares are installed, the C disk space has already been occupied by about 1.5GB, if you want to make a universal Cloning a disc, even if you use Ghost's maximum compression, a disc can't fit, so you must make a reasonable weight loss, the specific steps are as follows.

Turn off power management. Right click on the blank space of the desktop, select the "Properties" item, then click the "Power" button under the "Screen Protection" tab, and finally remove the "Enable Hibernate" check box under the "Hibernate" tab, then the system will automatically delete C. The Hiberfil.sys file with the same size as the actual memory of the computer in the root directory.

Turn off System Restore. Right-click "My Computer" on the desktop, select the "Properties" item, select the "System Restore" tab, select "Turn off System Restore on all drives", click "OK", and then delete the "root" of the C drive. System Volume Information folder.

Delete help files. Open the C:\\Windows\\help folder and delete all the files in the directory.

Delete system backup files. At the command prompt, type "sfc.exe/purgecache" to clear the DLL file backed up in the C:\\Windows\\system32\\dllcache folder, and then type "sfc /cachesize=0" to cancel the automatic backup function.