It is no longer afraid to reinstall XP-Universal Mirror Guide

Reloading the system is not a fun thing: first sit at the computer desk and honestly answer the questions raised by the Windows installer, install it, and don't idle I still have to install drivers, applications... rough calculations, not for a long time! Some friends may say that using Ghost is fast and convenient. Within five minutes, the system will be restored, but that is just a backup of the machine. If you get someone else's machine to recover, it will definitely be "unacceptable", the reason is very simple. : Hardware, system, network configuration can not be the same ... but after reading this article, you can easily create a master key, any machine, you can easily use Ghost to restore the installation method, more than 10 minutes Can engage in the installation of Windows XP!

First, get ready.

Install Windows XP and use Windows Update to upgrade the latest system patches (including service pack l 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

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:WindowsSystem32Dllcache directory. We only need to run "sfe.exe/purgecache" in the command prompt window to delete it.

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 "Performance", select the "Advanced" tab in the "Performance Options" dialog box that opens, and then click the right The "Change" button in the lower corner opens the "Virtual Memory" dialog. By default, the virtual memory file is saved in the Windows XP installation directory. We just need to select the "No paging file" option below, and then click the "Settings" 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 that opens, select the System Restore tab and check the box next to Turn off System Restore on all drives.

4. Other methods

We can also use other conventional "weight loss" 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.

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 is definitely not complete The same, so we want to remove the device driver on the current computer.

1. Delete the normal driver

1 In the "Run" dialog box, type "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 ACPI property of the computer to Standard PC. This is because if there are different types of ACPI in the target computer, the newly cloned target computer will be Unable to implement a soft shutdown of the computer and may crash after the first boot! The steps to change are as follows:

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

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

3 On the next page Select the "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 Finally, when prompted to restart, do not restart!

3. Updating IDE Controller Properties

The final step in the device driver is to change the IDE ATA /ATAPI controller. 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, simply 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 "Update Driver" on the pop-up menu. Menu item;

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

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

4 Then select “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” "Options, and follow the on-screen prompts all the way to Next, but only when prompted to restart, do not restart!

Fourth, prepare the main image file

Remove the driver on the "master machine", it can not be said that it has 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 SID of the "master", thereby forcing 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 SUPPORTTOOLS directory to the C:Sysprep directory;

2 Then run the setupmgr.exe file in it. Select the "Sysprep installation" option in the installation type interface;

3 Fill in the necessary information according to the screen prompts, and click the "Next" button until you finally enter the dialog box for saving the configuration file. Be sure to make sure The final installation script path is C:Sysprepsysprep.inf.

2. Repacking

Now you can use the Sysprep tool to remove the SID of the "master". It is very simple: run the Sysprep.exe program in the C:Sysprep directory, and then click the "Repackage" button in the window that opens. Next, you will be prompted to regenerate the SID the next time you start, click the "OK" button, wait a moment, the computer will automatically shut down.

V. Cloning the main image file

After the computer is shut down, we can boot the computer with the Ghost 2003 boot disk, and then click the "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 is over, we have a versatile Windows XP image file!