How To Create a Windows XP Installation CD

There are many operating systems available today. Most recently, Microsoft has launched the new Windows Vista operating system. However, it’s going to be a long time before Vista overtakes XP as the most popular operating system. Users are much more comfortable with the Windows XP operating system and continue to use it.

However, the installation process can be tedious. During the normal installation of the Windows XP operating system, you need to customize various things like name, serial number, network, etc. And after the installation of Windows XP, you have to install various drivers like sound, graphics and other hardware drivers, which can take a lot of time.

You can save a lot of time by making a Windows XP installation CD in which all the required drivers are pre-installed.

1. Download and install Windows Unattended CD Creator from www.windows-unattended.de 2006 Utilities CD.
2. Launch the program and insert your Windows XP CD into the drive.
3. Copy all the contents of the CD and eject the CD after copying the files.
4. In the program’s first tab—”Source CD”—click Select, and select the folder to which you copied the CD’s contents.
5. Select “Work in source directory” under the “Target directory for new CD” column.
6. Bypass all other options and head to the Driver tab.
7. Insert the driver CD that came with your motherboard.
8. Give a name to the driver group in the General Drivers text box (for example, “Gigabyte”). Click Add.
9. Wait until all the drivers get copied. It should look something like the screenshot below. (The name you gave will appear along with its attributes).
10. Head straight to the Done tab, making no changes.
11. Click Save and then on “Create ISOimage”. Enter the path of where the image should be written to.
12. After completion, burn the ISO image to a CD using a disc burning tool such as Nero.

You’re done!