Universal Windows XP image file DIY

As a computer administrator of a company or company, it often encounters the reinstallation of the computer system. Although there is no technical content to reinstall the system, answering prompts, installing drivers, installing software, etc. during the installation process is also time consuming. If you use the Ghost program for mirroring, it's much simpler, but if you use your own Ghost image file on someone else's computer, you will often have hardware problems. Making a mirror of a versatile Ghost file that can be used on all computers is much more convenient. First, get ready to install Windows XP and use Windows Update to upgrade the latest system patches (including SP3 and other latest Hot fix). 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 Whether you need to burn the final Ghost image file to the disc, you should lose weight on Windows XP to minimize the capacity of the Ghost image file. 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 can simply delete it by running “sfe.exe/purgecache” in the Command Prompt window. . 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 the system restore function In the "System Properties" dialog box that opens, select the "System Restore" tab and check the box in front of "Close System Restore on all drives". 4. Other methods We can also use other methods such as deleting help files, deleting unwanted input methods, font files, etc. to further reduce the size of the partition where Windows XP is located.

Three, the operation of the driver Because we want to make a versatile Windows XP Ghost file, the hardware configuration on the target computer and the current computer configuration are definitely not exactly the same, so we have to be on the current computer Device driver removed. 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 the ACPI property and then we need to change the ACPI property of the computer to Standard PC. This is because if there is a different type of ACPI in the target computer, the newly cloned target computer will not be able to achieve a soft shutdown of the computer and may be in the first place. Crash after the second boot! The steps are as follows: 1 Right-click on the “Device” console window and click “"Computer”→"ACPI Uniprocessor PC”, click on the “Update Driver” menu on the pop-up menu. 2; In the "Hardware Update Wizard" dialog box that opens, select the "Install from the list or specified location (Advanced)" option, and click the "Next" button; 3 in the next page Check "Don't search, I have to choose the driver to install" option, and click the "Next" button; 4 then select the "Standsrd PC" option and follow the on-screen prompts Next, just the last prompt Do not restart when restarting! 3. Update IDE controller properties The final step of the surgical device driver is to change the IDE ATA /ATAPI controllers. The web teaching network reminds everyone that this step is very important, because everyone knows that different motherboards, such as Intel, Nforce 2, VIA and other motherboards, have different IDE ATA /ATAPI controller drivers, which cannot be universally used! Right click on the IDE ATA /ATAPI controller, Intel (r) 82371 AB /EB Bus Master IDE Controller in the Device Manager console window, click on the "Update Drivers" menu item on the pop-up menu; 2 Open In the "Hardware Update Wizard" dialog box, select the "Install from the list or specified location (Advanced)" option and click the "Next" button; 3 Select in the next page “ Do not search , I choose the driver to install the option, and click the "Next" button; 4 then select the "standard dual-channel PCI IDE controller" option, and follow the on-screen prompts Next, just the last When prompted to restart, do not restart!

Fourth, prepare the main image file to delete the "mother machine" The driver on the computer can't be said to have been successful. 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 administrator password, computer name and so on. 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.