1. Simplification of the system disk
There are many components and services in the system we install that are not needed and cannot be used at all, so we can simplify the installation disk of XP (2000) to remove any content that is not useful to us. Here I recommend using "nlite", this software can customize and install various 2000 and XP, and the latest version is 1.0 b6. Before installation, you need to install the .NET Framework of Microsoft. After the software is installed, you can choose Simplified Chinese. It provides a lot of functions, including 8 functions: "Service Pack Integration", "Patch Pack Integration", "Driver Integration", "Component Removal", "Unmanned Installation", "Patch", "Optimization", and "Make a Bootable Image". When customizing your own installation disk, you can choose some or all of the functions; here I mainly use its "Component Removal" and "Make a Bootable Image" functions. However, according to my experiments on virtual machines, the "patch package integration" function of this software is invalid. If you want to integrate the latest patches in the installation package, you need other methods. For specific components removed, see the attachment configuration file.
We can also make this disk into a fully automatic installation disk that can be unattended. Considering that the "unattended installation" function provided by nlite is not very complete, we can use the "Setup Manager()" tool provided by Microsoft (this tool is included in the XP installation disk) to create an automatic response file - detailed production methods are available on the Internet, so I won't write it here.
I originally made a fully automatic installation disk. I just need to put it in the optical drive to fully automatically install the system and fully realize unattended installation. However, in the actual application process, I found some problems. First of all, using this disk, first of all, you must format the system partition, and when installing the system, you must use another sodium OS to complete the formatting of the system disk; for the NTFS format system partition, because pure DOS cannot be recognized and formatted, the second is that the partition installed by the system cannot be selected, nor can you delete, convert, or format the partition. This loses the special functions of the installation disk, which makes people feel that it is not too convenient. So I modified several parameters in the "" file, so that during the installation process, you can select the partition of the installation system to realize the operation of deleting, converting, and formatting the partition.
2. System mirror production
After a new system is installed, the system must be set accordingly, so that the size of the ghost file produced can be minimized, and the restored system can also achieve the best performance. The steps I usually use are as follows:
1. Make all the patches in the system. You can download the entire patch package from the Internet, or you can download it yourself, and then create a batch file to install it together.
2. Install WMP10, .NET Framework and other components.
3. Install various drivers of the system.
4. Set the homepage blank.
5. It is prohibited to use system restore (the function "system restore" can be removed during the streamlining of the system disk).
6. Delete redundant input method
7. Transfer the "My Documents" directory so that the files in "My Documents" do not need to be backed up before ghosting, and can be used directly after recovery.
8. Delete the backup patch information. After the system patch is patched, the system backs up the patch information under C:windows so that the corresponding patch can be uninstalled in the future. However, patches generally do not need to be uninstalled. We can delete this information. Each patch information has a corresponding folder named after the patch, which has hidden attributes. Just in the C:windows directory, after deleting, the C drive has more than 100 M more.
9. Finally organize the system disk.
After the system is set up in this way, the best performance is basically achieved and ghost files can be made.
Prepare a separate partition, in FAT32 format (you need to boot into pure DOS to access this partition, and other partition formats are not limited), put in the file, and start with the startup disk to use ghost to backup the system.
After installing the system, I usually do two mirrors, and ghost the first time I install the system (of course, I have to organize the hard disk first), so as to maintain an authentic system; then set it according to the above points, install the office and mirror it again. The advantage of doing two mirrors is that when the driver installed in the second image is old and there are too many new system patches, it is more troublesome to restore the system and then install the new driver and patch. In this way, we can restore to the first image, install the new driver, patch, and also optimize the settings, and then create a new image to replace the original second image, without reinstalling the system, which is much more convenient. I generally don't consider installing common software before ghost (except for office, because basically no update is required). The main reason is that these software are updated very quickly. If you usually need to use large software, you can also install it before making a second mirror file, so as to avoid wasting time and energy.
The above are some of my experiences and so-called experiences over the past 5 years of playing computers. I beg you to criticize and correct any shortcomings or mistakes. If you read this article and feel it will be helpful to you, I will feel great relief.
There are many components and services in the system we install that are not needed and cannot be used at all, so we can simplify the installation disk of XP (2000) to remove any content that is not useful to us. Here I recommend using "nlite", this software can customize and install various 2000 and XP, and the latest version is 1.0 b6. Before installation, you need to install the .NET Framework of Microsoft. After the software is installed, you can choose Simplified Chinese. It provides a lot of functions, including 8 functions: "Service Pack Integration", "Patch Pack Integration", "Driver Integration", "Component Removal", "Unmanned Installation", "Patch", "Optimization", and "Make a Bootable Image". When customizing your own installation disk, you can choose some or all of the functions; here I mainly use its "Component Removal" and "Make a Bootable Image" functions. However, according to my experiments on virtual machines, the "patch package integration" function of this software is invalid. If you want to integrate the latest patches in the installation package, you need other methods. For specific components removed, see the attachment configuration file.
We can also make this disk into a fully automatic installation disk that can be unattended. Considering that the "unattended installation" function provided by nlite is not very complete, we can use the "Setup Manager()" tool provided by Microsoft (this tool is included in the XP installation disk) to create an automatic response file - detailed production methods are available on the Internet, so I won't write it here.
I originally made a fully automatic installation disk. I just need to put it in the optical drive to fully automatically install the system and fully realize unattended installation. However, in the actual application process, I found some problems. First of all, using this disk, first of all, you must format the system partition, and when installing the system, you must use another sodium OS to complete the formatting of the system disk; for the NTFS format system partition, because pure DOS cannot be recognized and formatted, the second is that the partition installed by the system cannot be selected, nor can you delete, convert, or format the partition. This loses the special functions of the installation disk, which makes people feel that it is not too convenient. So I modified several parameters in the "" file, so that during the installation process, you can select the partition of the installation system to realize the operation of deleting, converting, and formatting the partition.
2. System mirror production
After a new system is installed, the system must be set accordingly, so that the size of the ghost file produced can be minimized, and the restored system can also achieve the best performance. The steps I usually use are as follows:
1. Make all the patches in the system. You can download the entire patch package from the Internet, or you can download it yourself, and then create a batch file to install it together.
2. Install WMP10, .NET Framework and other components.
3. Install various drivers of the system.
4. Set the homepage blank.
5. It is prohibited to use system restore (the function "system restore" can be removed during the streamlining of the system disk).
6. Delete redundant input method
7. Transfer the "My Documents" directory so that the files in "My Documents" do not need to be backed up before ghosting, and can be used directly after recovery.
8. Delete the backup patch information. After the system patch is patched, the system backs up the patch information under C:windows so that the corresponding patch can be uninstalled in the future. However, patches generally do not need to be uninstalled. We can delete this information. Each patch information has a corresponding folder named after the patch, which has hidden attributes. Just in the C:windows directory, after deleting, the C drive has more than 100 M more.
9. Finally organize the system disk.
After the system is set up in this way, the best performance is basically achieved and ghost files can be made.
Prepare a separate partition, in FAT32 format (you need to boot into pure DOS to access this partition, and other partition formats are not limited), put in the file, and start with the startup disk to use ghost to backup the system.
After installing the system, I usually do two mirrors, and ghost the first time I install the system (of course, I have to organize the hard disk first), so as to maintain an authentic system; then set it according to the above points, install the office and mirror it again. The advantage of doing two mirrors is that when the driver installed in the second image is old and there are too many new system patches, it is more troublesome to restore the system and then install the new driver and patch. In this way, we can restore to the first image, install the new driver, patch, and also optimize the settings, and then create a new image to replace the original second image, without reinstalling the system, which is much more convenient. I generally don't consider installing common software before ghost (except for office, because basically no update is required). The main reason is that these software are updated very quickly. If you usually need to use large software, you can also install it before making a second mirror file, so as to avoid wasting time and energy.
The above are some of my experiences and so-called experiences over the past 5 years of playing computers. I beg you to criticize and correct any shortcomings or mistakes. If you read this article and feel it will be helpful to you, I will feel great relief.