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				Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:41 pm
				by Tok
				My wife has a dell laptop and when she does a reformat and installs a new windows xp she does this with out a windows xp cd. I guess it's on another partition on her hard drive. If I use a hot key ( I think it was F3) it would send you to setup.  I was wondering, can I setup my computer that I put together myself with windows xp pro the same way, it would be nice not to find all my disks like my raid drive, and all the other drivers , instead 
I could just make a hot key to setup everything thats already setup on another partition and install it again, could that work.  If so, where could I get the how- to on doing this thing.  Thanks for any info.
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:49 pm
				by Zelig
				Check out 
nLite, you can create a Windows disc with integrated drivers and your product key already included in the setup, among various other options.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:06 pm
				by Major_A
				
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:38 pm
				by Tok
				Wow..! 
I like the Acronis® Disk Director Suite 10.0, I e-mailed them to ask a few things but I realy like that, would this program work along with Intel's Matrix Storage Manager ok..?  Just wondering because Matrix does do a few of the things that Acronis does.  Thank you for your replys.
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:48 am
				by Major_A
				That I don't know.  I guess you'll have to wait on a reply.  I know I was messing around with Linux distros once and created a hidden rescue partition on the PC I was playing with.  In the end I didn't like any of the Linux distros and restored my system back to Windows.
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:09 am
				by Tok
				It's a great way to try other systems though with this program.  Thanks for the reply Major_A .  I'm looking at this G33 Intel mb and tower and everything else that goes with a computer in a box, my wife ordered this and now I guess I better start putting it together, she wants it up and running for tonight when she get's home from work or I'm a dead man!  

   Along with her laptop and this home computer she should be happy.....I hope   

   heeee  

 and I was going fishing today... 
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				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:16 am
				by ibleet
				Weren't you the guy on the commercial with the Huge Beer falling on your head?  
   
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Not sure how to say this, installing windows xp pro
				Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:33 pm
				by Tok
				heeeeee