Re: Installation of programs from a DVD...?

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Great information.
What do you do with the installation keys for the programs?
Are the keys saved in a text file or written on the DVD case?
--
Ron Sommer

"Unk" <not@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:51:26 +0800, "Flash Gordon"
> <flash_gdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>I made an SP2 slipstreamed "unattended install" CD yesterday of my Windows
>>XP Pro CD....also did the same for Office 2003 Pro - based on a couple of
>>websites dedicated to windows I had come across. It seemed like a good
>>idea
>>and slowly but surely I made up the CD's as required.
>>
>>My technical skill level borders between Beginner and Intermediate with
>>these things.
>>
>>But I had one further idea (hopefully not a stupid one).....
>>
>>Would it not be possible to put all these installation disks for the above
>>Windows AND All of the Office programs, etc. onto one DVD to acheive the
>>same end and have a quicker install, etc?
>>
>>This may have been covered at some time but I have not been able to find
>>any
>>info on how to acheive this.
>>
>>Is this possible and if so how can i acheive this or if there is a website
>>that does indeed cover this aspect, then please let me know?
>>
>>Any help would be apreciated.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>FG
>>
> Sure.
>
>
>
> I just did that recently I made a bootable DVD that has Windows XP Pro
> with SP2, Windows XP SP2
> stand-alone updater, Windows ME, Microsoft Office XP Pro, Microsoft Office
> 2000 Pro, Microsoft
> Java Virtual Machine, Nero 6 Ultra Edition - Version 6.6.0.16, Nero
> Digital Pro and several
> plugins, NTI CD & DVD-Maker 7.0.0.3727 Platinum Edition, Alcohol 120%,
> Norton System Works Pro
> 2003, Norton Systemworks Premier 2005 custom, Norton AntiVirus - Corporate
> Edition v9.0.1400,
> Norton Ghost v9.0, Winternals Administrator's Pak 5.0, WinRAR, WinZip,
> IsoBuster, WinISO, DVD
> Shrink, MailWasher Pro 5.0, Paint Shop Pro 7,8,&9, ABBYY Fine Reader Pro
> 7.9 OCR, IrfanView, and
> a few dozen other utilities and codecs to fill out the DVD to about 4.6
> Gig. The new Nero 6
> Ultra Edition has a gauge with warnings when nearing the DVD's capacity.
>
> The DVD is bootable to Windows XP Pro with SP2 and the rest are copies of
> CD's and installers,
> each in separate folders. Use IsoBuster to copy the boot off the
> original Windows XP Pro cd
> (Or Google for the BootImage.img file), and use Nero 6 Ultra Edition to
> build and burn the DVD.
> Nero can also save it as an iso image, and then you can use Alcohol 120%
> or NTI to burn it.
>
> Tip: See http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstream_nero_procedure.htm for
> tips on using Nero to
> burn the CD. Especially the part about setting [Number of Loaded Sectors]
> to 4 (Failing to set
> this to 4 will make the CD unbootable), and closing the CD when done. I
> burned 2 coasters
> before I found that out.
>
> http://ww2.nero.com/enu/index.html
> http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
>
> Start to finish, including a nice label I made, took about an hour and it
> boots just fine off
> the desktop PC, and laptop DVD drives.
>
> Create Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP/2003 all in one installation DVD
> http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-create-multi-os-cd-2.htm
>
>
>


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