No need To insert Window XP to your CD

Earlier i wrote how to install windows from hard disk, now m going to share how to install windows components if you don’t have windows setup on your hard disk. This method will help all the lazy people to not to insert Window CD while installing windows CD again and again or if they have to do any other work which requires windows CD.

 

 

 

Just Follow the simple steps to work out :

1. Insert Windows XP installation disc to computer. Let’s assume that the CD drive is D: drive.

2. Copy the i386 folder from D:\ drive to C:\ drive. Now the C: drive should have an i386 folder too which looks like C:\i386\

3. Go to Start > Run, type regedit and click OK.

4. Navigate to the path below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

5. At the right pane, there should be a name called SourcePath with the Data value as D:\. Double click on the SourcePath and change the value data to C:\i386\

 

Now whenever Windows looks for the original installation files, it’d automatically look in your local hard drive instead of bugging you to insert the CD.