goldenix Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Im sick of installing windows manually, so is this possible ? how?Any ideas that can get me started would be appreciated.virtualbox is like Vmware workstation or Virtual PC Edited March 6, 2009 by goldenix My Projects:[list][*]Guide - ytube step by step tut for reading memory with autoitscript + samples[*]WinHide - tool to show hide windows, Skinned With GDI+[*]Virtualdub batch job list maker - Batch Process all files with same settings[*]Exp calc - Exp calculator for online games[*]Automated Microsoft SQL Server 2000 installer[*]Image sorter helper for IrfanView - 1 click opens img & move ur mouse to close opened img[/list] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archgriffin Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well for physical machine installs you can use Nlite (www.nliteos.com) that can do most of the automated things for you just to get a plain XP install.You could install XP the way you want manually, with software then use something like Acronis, Ghost, DriveImage XML, Clonezilla or other imaging software, to make an image of it then deploy it to future virtual machines.I have not used VirtualBox since SUN took it over, my work got a copy of VMWare Workstation. I believe this is the tutorial I used to make my VMWare templates: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/Migration/...e-Template.htmlI would imagine that VirtualBox would allow a similar procedure. Then again maybe it is as simple as copying all the files, and doing a File-> Open Virtual Machine. There are many ways to go about it, anything more specific you are looking for? "Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return, to obtain; something of equal value must be lost."The Help File is truly your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varian Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 With Imaging Software and Sysprep, you can install Xp & all the software that you want, and put that version onto antoermachine with "almost" any hardwarehttp://blog.case.edu/djc6/2005/09/22/imagi...t_hals_wsysprep ~ Basics on HAL for Sysprephttp://vernalex.com/guides/sysprep/ ~ Nice Video tutorial on using Sysprephttp://jimtsay.googlepages.com/mysysprep ~ Valuable Sysprep Tool for adding drivers & customizing SysprepIf you are ambitious, you can also try Windows Automated Install Kit (WAIK) with Windows Image files(WIM)If you have ever witnessed a Vista or Windows 2008 Install, you have seen it in action. It extends the Windowsunattended install by combining it with Sysprep. Search the forum for WAIK & ImageXhttp://www.autoitscript.com/gimagex/ ~ GImageX Homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1M1 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Are you looking for program or autoit script?if you are looking for program, Nlite is for youhttp://www.nliteos.com/ edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenix Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) I did not know there were pre made tools for this. And the google was not as hepful as I hoped it to be. What I wanted was just to boot my virtual machine from XP.iso & then not to do anything until the install is finished. Like no partition creation, no lang & time choosing or any other annoying stuff. About the settings all i need is an internet connection, IE & to be able to run autoit scripts. There is no need to install any drivers, because virtualbox, like any other virtual os emulator has its own drivers. Thank you for your feedback. it was very helpful. Ghost images, I dont think I can install them on any other computer. or when my Hdd breaks, & I must buy new one, I mean those images have compatible issues. Windows Automated Install Kit - seemed complicated to use Sysprep - had really really long how to use guide. I got tired reading it after couple lines. Nlite - small, easy to use, does almost everything I wanted. tho it still popped up the language choosing window while I installed XP & I also had to create the partition manually. Good thing was that I managed to strip my windows size after installation by 1,5GB. Before it was 2,5GB & now its only 1GB in size & it is also noticeably faster than before. Almost forgot to mention, install took only 10 minutes. I will stick with the Nlite for now. Thanx again. Edited March 6, 2009 by goldenix My Projects:[list][*]Guide - ytube step by step tut for reading memory with autoitscript + samples[*]WinHide - tool to show hide windows, Skinned With GDI+[*]Virtualdub batch job list maker - Batch Process all files with same settings[*]Exp calc - Exp calculator for online games[*]Automated Microsoft SQL Server 2000 installer[*]Image sorter helper for IrfanView - 1 click opens img & move ur mouse to close opened img[/list] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1M1 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I made totally automated iso, only 80 mb download, install time 4 minutes, disk usage only about 300 - 400 mb.Can be used to host server edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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