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Author Topic: Anyone Know How To Make A Windows Disk That Will Install Other Progs??  (Read 1215 times)

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I want to make a windows xp disk that will automatically install programs such as Utorrent, Avg Anti-virus, video codecs, and other such programs.  I plan on formatting my computer soon and i would like to make a disk for furture use when i format so i dont have to install everything over and over again.  does anyone know if this is possible?

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Have a look at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ With this method you can slipstream any program you want.
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Also check out Inno Setup which is a powerful program for creating installers. It supports scripting that can manipulate the registry, launch other programs etc. and will create a well compressed executable for launching.

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The best way to do it is to get a ghosted image with those apps already installed.

Second best is going to be a scripted install, but that will be a bit tricky, since a lot of those are GUI installers.

Third best is just to make a disc with the installers on it since none of them are all that time consuming.  If you're only going to do it once just bite the bullet and spend a half hour.  It will be a lot shorter than the time it takes to make an automated installer.

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I just keep the programs I install the newest  U-torent, AVG free, Spybot, Firefox , Dameon all on a USB stick  for quick installs.

Unless you are doing a bunch of computers at the same time, not once every 6 months, a lot of updates to software require you to uninstall the previous version anyway so you are not going to save time.

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The best source of information for this kind of thing is http://www.msfn.org/    . I have used it a lot for work for making automated windows installtions with apps installing in many different ways.