[Saxon]

Hey guy's i am wondering if it's possible to write a .bat file that can do the following.

Create a directory called say X:\install then copy the install files from a CD or DVD an then make that able to be used as a partition for installing a
os onto the C: Partition.

Essentially it's so i can have a copy of the OS an the drivers on hand when i do a repair or reinstall ect.

[MrCoffee]

I'm pretty sure you can install windows from a directory, I guess thats what your question boils down to. and of course you could use a batch file to copy the files off the CD if you were doing a lot of PC's.. not sure if this is the most efficient approach mind.
I remember back in the days of 98 and 95 I used to always copy the CD to a folder then install from the folder, that way when windows asked you for the install cd (pretty often) you didn't have to go rummaging around for it.

This sounds vaguely relevant :

Make a Windows XP Install CD Folder, on your computer hard drive and CD Disc. WebTechGeek.com

[Saxon]

Yea basicly its for doing a large ammount of PC's.

What process did you do to copy the files? maybe i can write them into a bat?

[MrCoffee]

I guess you'd use xcopy, something like

md c:\install
xcopy d:\*.* c:\install /s /e /h

Assuming D: is going to be the cd drive. - you could always get parameters if its going to be interactive.

[Saxon]

let me give that a shot in my test bed rig i will report back in a few.